Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(2): 233-236, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02954
New records of alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae) from Bali and Java, Indonesia
V. Hasan, M.S. Widodo, R.A. Islamy, D.A.A. PebrianiCorresponding author: V. Hasan © V. Hasan, M.S. Widodo, R.A. Islamy, D.A.A. Pebriani. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Hasan V, Widodo M, Islamy R, Pebriani D (2020) New records of alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae) from Bali and Java, Indonesia. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(2): 233-236. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02954 |  |
Abstract
Alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803), is native to North America, with introductions reported from many countries. In 2019, two specimens of A. spatula were captured in Indonesia, one in the Nyanyi Estuary, a mangrove center in the south of Bali, and the other one in the Brantas River, the main river in the province of East Java. These records were among the first of this species from open waters in Bali Island and Java Island. A description of meristic and morphometric features of a specimen are provided.
Keywords
distribution, new record, freshwaters, non-native fish