Pemetaan habitat ruaya benih sidat (Anguilla bicolor) dan potensinya di Pantai Selatan Jawa

The eels is fish commodities that interesting and prospective for cultured. For the fish fry supply still rely on catches of wild nature, one of them the south coast of Java. But the these habitat and abundance not yet to mapping The aims of this study to assess the conditions migration habitat of glass eel, abundance, identification of threats, and conservation efforts. The study used survey methods, glass eel catched with hand nets size 1 x 1 m, catching at night each 2 hours, the number of fisherman are three peoples. The results of the study recorded nine rivers and four of them potential as migration habitat of eels, habitat conditions are still good, the highest abundance is Cibuniangen river in the rainy season, the daily abundance was fluctuated and the highest at 3:00 a.m, identified several threats, conservation need integrated effort.Keywords: eels, habitat, abundance, conservation Omni-Akuatika Oktober 2016, 12(3): 47-58