To clarify the systematics of the fresh-water fishes in Korea, the author has drawn up a list and key of the Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes in Korea. For the purpose of clarifying their distributional characteristics and distributional distri...
To clarify the systematics of the fresh-water fishes in Korea, the author has drawn up a list and key of the Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes in Korea. For the purpose of clarifying their distributional characteristics and distributional districts the author has surveyed the micro-distribution of Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes in South Korea from Feb. to Sept. 1985.
And the results are as fallows:
1. It was confirmed 2 genera and 3 species of Serranid pherjpheral fresh-water fishes in Korea.
2. A key was established for a total of 3 species of Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes.
3. Examining the distributional characteristics of Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes in Korea, all of them belong to the China continental origin.
It was possible to ascertain that they were distributed at relatively large rivers for their canivorous feeding habits in Korea.
4. Coreoperaca herzi of the 3 Serranid pheripheral fresh-water fishes is known as Korean endemic species.
5. The distributional districts of Serranid pheripheral freshwater fishes in Korea is as follows. East Korea Subdistrict-The rivers flow into the East Sea, north of the Kangnu ̄ngnamdae-river,
South Korea Subdistrict-The rivers flow into the East Sea and South Sea, from Yo ̄ngsan-river to Chusu-river.
West Korea Subdistrict-The rivers flow into the West Sea, north of the Yo ̄ngsan-river.
The above results are not in accord with the studies of distributional districts of Korean fresh-water fishes by Mori (1936), Choi (1973) and the author (Jeon, 1980) but they apploximately agreed with the distributional districts of Korean Cobitidid fishes (Jeon, 1983) and Bagrid and Silurid fishes (Jeon, 1984). Therefore, more studies and examinations of the distributional districts of Korean fresh-water fishes should be undertaken.