Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea

BACKGROUND: In order to understand feeding ecology and habitat use of coral reef fish, fatty acid composition was examined in five coral reef fishes, Thalassoma lunare, Lutjanus lutjanus, Abudefduf bengalensis, Scarus rivulatus and Scolopsis affinis collected in the Bidong Island of Malaysian South...

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Autores principales: Arai,Takaomi, Amalina,Razikin, Bachok,Zainudin
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Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-976020150001000132016-02-16Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China SeaArai,TakaomiAmalina,RazikinBachok,Zainudin Coral fish Habitat ecology Migration South China Sea Biochemical signature Malaysia BACKGROUND: In order to understand feeding ecology and habitat use of coral reef fish, fatty acid composition was examined in five coral reef fishes, Thalassoma lunare, Lutjanus lutjanus, Abudefduf bengalensis, Scarus rivulatus and Scolopsis affinis collected in the Bidong Island of Malaysian South China Sea. RESULTS: Proportions of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) ranged 57.2% 74.2%, with the highest proportions in fatty acids, the second highest was monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) ranged from 21.4% to 39.0% and the proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was the lowest ranged from 2.8% to 14.1%. Each fatty acid composition differed among fishes, suggesting diverse feeding ecology, habitat use and migration during the fishes' life history in the coral reef habitats. CONCLUSIONS: Diets of the coral fish species might vary among species in spite of that each species are living sympatrically. Differences in fatty acid profiles might not just be considered with respect to the diets, but might be based on the habitat and migration.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileBiological Research v.48 20152015-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602015000100013en10.1186/S40659-015-0004-0
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Coral fish
Habitat ecology
Migration
South China Sea
Biochemical signature
Malaysia
spellingShingle Coral fish
Habitat ecology
Migration
South China Sea
Biochemical signature
Malaysia
Arai,Takaomi
Amalina,Razikin
Bachok,Zainudin
Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
description BACKGROUND: In order to understand feeding ecology and habitat use of coral reef fish, fatty acid composition was examined in five coral reef fishes, Thalassoma lunare, Lutjanus lutjanus, Abudefduf bengalensis, Scarus rivulatus and Scolopsis affinis collected in the Bidong Island of Malaysian South China Sea. RESULTS: Proportions of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) ranged 57.2% 74.2%, with the highest proportions in fatty acids, the second highest was monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) ranged from 21.4% to 39.0% and the proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was the lowest ranged from 2.8% to 14.1%. Each fatty acid composition differed among fishes, suggesting diverse feeding ecology, habitat use and migration during the fishes' life history in the coral reef habitats. CONCLUSIONS: Diets of the coral fish species might vary among species in spite of that each species are living sympatrically. Differences in fatty acid profiles might not just be considered with respect to the diets, but might be based on the habitat and migration.
author Arai,Takaomi
Amalina,Razikin
Bachok,Zainudin
author_facet Arai,Takaomi
Amalina,Razikin
Bachok,Zainudin
author_sort Arai,Takaomi
title Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
title_short Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
title_full Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
title_fullStr Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
title_full_unstemmed Fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the Malaysian South China Sea
title_sort fatty acid composition indicating diverse habitat use in coral reef fishes in the malaysian south china sea
publisher Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate 2015
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602015000100013
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