Research Article
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 | | | | |
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− indicates absence; + indicates presence.
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