Food Habits of Fish Species in the Cipeles River, Sumedang Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia Titin Herawati (a*), Rostika (a), Ayi Yustiati (a), Ibnu Bangkit Bioshina Suryadi (a)
Fisheries Department, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang, Hegarmanah Jatinangor, Sumedang 45363, West Java, Indonesia
Abstract
Cipeles River is a tributary of the Cimanuk River that flows in Sumedang Regency and has available fish and food resources. This study aims to determine the food habits which include the prependerant index and trophic level of fish species in the Cipeles River. The method used is a survey by setting 3 observation stations and 4 repetitions which were carried out from September 2020 to October 2020. The results showed that of the 7 fish species caught based on observations of natural feed on gastric contents, the preponderant index value ranged from 0.6 to 77. 27% of the main food is phytoplankton with the trophic level ranges from 2.13 to 2.36, meaning that fish are herbivores.
