2014 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 27-36
ABSTRACT: Fundamental ecological features of eight major surf zone fish as Engraulis japonicus, Mugil cephalus cephalus, Hypoatherina valenciennei, Lateolabrax latus, Sillago japonica, Paralichthys olivaceus, Paraplagusia japonica and Takifugu niphobles occurred in the surf zone in an open sandy shore at Fukiagehama, southern Kyushu Island based on a long-term beach seining research from 2000 to 2010 used experimental large-scaled surf net were studied. Large fluctuations in number of fish caught and percentage occurrence and measurable increase of percentage occurrence with number of hauls suggest to beach conservation projects careful consideration to designing number of sampling occasions and duration of the survey. Observed larger body sizes and developmental stage in the surf zone fish than those reported in the previous studies indicate that the surf zone functions as habitat for the surf zone fish of wide range of developmental period from post-larval to adult stages.
