MORFOMETRIK DAN MERISTIK IKAN IKAN PARANG – PARANG (Chirocentrus dorab Forsskal, 1775) DI PERAIRAN BENGKALIS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the morphometric and meristic of the parang- parang fish (Chirocentrus dorab) male and female in Bengkalis waters and also view the status of the fish growth. The method used is survey method. The number of samples collected was as many as 60 Chirocentrus dorab, consisting of 15 males in range of 448-680 cm and 15 females in range of 466-690 cm for Bengkalis Strait, and 15 males in range of 365-581 cm and 15 females in range of 370-590 cm for Malacca strait. The result of t test shows significant differences for male fish characters which are PSSA, TK, TB, TPE, PDSV, PM, JMTI, LB and for female which are PS, PSSA, TK, TB, TPE, PDSA, PDSV, PSEB, PM, JMTI, and LB. From the result, it is show that there are no differences beetwen beetwen Chirocentrus dorab male and female in their meristic characters