Fishes of the Southwestern Coast of Korea

한국 남서 연안에 서식하는 어류상

190 species in 82 families of marine fishes were collected from 6 survey stations along the southwestern coast of Korea, from April 1996 to March 1997. A checklist of fishes from southwestern coast of Korea was given with their records of the specimens in the present investigations. Analysis of fish species compostion in this areas showed that the family Gobiidae was the most abundant and Scorpaenidae was the next. The fishes living in this area were under the influence of the Tsushima warm current and the Yellow Sea. Among them, Tridentiger trigonocephalus, Repomucenus valenciennei and Thryssa adela were commonly found from the each sites, and Chirolophis wui, Pholis fangi, Repomucenus koreanus, and Acanthogobius luridus are endemic speices of the to Yellow Sea.

우리 나라 남해 서부 연안에서 1996년 4월부터 1997년 3월까지 월 1회 어류를 조사하여 19목 82과 149속 190종을 채집하였다. 그 가운데 농어목은 94종이 출현하여 전체 출현종의 49%를 차지하였다. 채집된 어류중 두줄망둑 Tridentiger trigonocephalus, 실양태 Repomucenus valenciennei 및 풀반댕이 Thryssa adelae가 가장 우세하게 출현하였다. 또한 황해고유종인 왜도라치 Chirolophis wui, 흰베도라치 Pholis faugi, 참돛양태 Repomucenus koreanus, 비늘흰발망둑 Acanthogobious luridus 등이 출현하여 이 지역은 황해의 영향권에 있음을 알 수 있었다.