Habitat Ecology and Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Two Creeks and Their Associated Streams from Port Blair, South Andaman Islands

Table 6

Species composition of fishes in the study area.

Taxonomy	Species	Perennial stream	Seasonal stream	Creek	Sink
Order: Anguilliformes; Family: Anguillidae	Anguilla sp.
Family: Muraenidae	Echidna rhodochilus
Order: Clupeiformes; Family: Clupeidae	Sardinella gibbosa
Family: Engraulidae	Stolephorus commersonnii
	S. indicus
	Thryssa baelama
Order: Aulopiformes; Family: Synodontidae	Saurida undosquamis
Order: Cyprinodontiformes; Family: Hemiramphidae	Hemiramphus far
Order: Scorpaeniformes; Family: Scorpaenidae	Tetraroge barbata
Order: Perciformes; Family: Ambassidae	Ambassis interruptus
Family: Terapontidae	Pelates quadrilineatus
	Terapon jarbua
Family: Sillaginidae	Sillago sihama
Family: Cyprinidae	Esomus sp.
Family: Cichlidae	Oreochromis mossambicus
	O. niloticus
Family: Carangidae	Carangoides oblongus
	Caranx ignobilis
	C. sexfaciatus
Family: Leiognathidae	Leiognathus equulus
	L. fasciatus
	L. splendens
Family: Lutjanidae	Lutjanus argentimaculatus
	L. lutjanus
	L. russellii
Family: Gerridae	Gerres filamentosus
	G. oyena
Family: Haemulidae	Pomadasys kaakan
	P. maculatus
Family: Mullidae	Parupeneus indicus
	Upeneus vittatus
Family: Mugilidae	Liza parsia
	L. vaigiensis
Family: Gobiidae	Glossogobius giuris
	Periophthalmus argentilineatus
	Awaous ocellaris
	Periophthalmus kalolo
	Yongeichthys criniger
Family: Eleotridae	Butis butis
	Eleotris sp.
	Ophieleotris sp.
	Ophiocara sp.				−
Family: Chaetodontidae	Chaetodon decussatus
Family: Scatophagidae	Scatophagus argus
Family: Channidae	Channa sp.
Family: Siganidae	Siganus javus
	S. vermiculatus
Family: Acanthuridae	Acanthurus triostegus
	A. xanthopterus
Family: Apogonidae	Apogon hyalosoma
Order: Pleuronectiformes; Family: Bothidae	Psettodes erumei
Family: Soleidae	Pardachirus pavoninus
Order: Tetraodontiformes; Family: Tetraodontidae	Arothron immaculatus
	Chelonodon patoca

− indicates absence; + indicates presence.