The fish eggs and larvae in coastal waters of Khanh Hoa province

Abstract

This paper is aimed to present the result of the survey carried out along the coastal waters of Khanh Hoa province at 27 stations in July 2001. There were great number of fish eggs and larvae in studied waters: 464.01 eggs/100m3 and 32.34 larvae/100m3. The fish eggs and larvae occurred in all stations of the investigated areas. The high quality was in Van Phong - Ben Goi, Binh Cang and Cam Ranh bays. The species composition of fish eggs and larvae in this area was relatively diverse. The fish eggs of genus (Stolephorus) occupied 29.11% and the larvae of Gobies (Gobiidae): 30.45%, the next Anchovy (Stolephorus): 28.26%, family (Carangidae): 4.19%, Callionymidae: 4.19%, Clupeidae: 3.10%, Leiognatidae: 2.10%, Bothidae: 1.91% and other families occupied less than 1%.