KARAKTERISTIK MORFOMETRIK DAN MERISTIK IKAN LAIS (Kryptopterus limpok, Bleeker 1852) DI SUNGAI TAPUNG DAN SUNGAI KAMPAR KIRI PROVINSI RIAU

Abstract

Tapung river and Kampar Kiri river have different characteristics.Tapung river have uncontaminated ecosystem waters, while Kampar Kiri river has been already contaminated. The different condition of two rivers influence fish morphometric and meristic. The purpose of this research is to determine the difference between morphometric and meristic of male and female lais fish in Tapung river and Kampar Kiri river. The fish samples have been taken on March-May 2014. As many as 60 fish (consisting of 30 males and 30 females) were collected every month for each location. The data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 16. Morphometric characters of male and female lais fish K.limpok in Tapung river have longer size than in Kampar Kiri river. The growth status of lais fish on each observation station werepositive allometric, negative allometric and isometric. T-tes showed that morphometric between male lais fish and female lais fish for each location of the research were significant different. The meristic of male and female lais fish in both rivers were not have significant different.