Ichthyofauna in coal mining area of Mifa Bersaudara Company, Aceh Barat District, Indonesia

Mifa Bersaudara Company (PT. Mifa Bersaudara) is one of the mining company operated in Aceh Barat District, Indonesia. Several small rivers and peat swamps are present in the concession area of the company. These waters have potency on fisheries; However, presently, there was no data on the ichthyofauna in the concession area of this company. Hence, the objective of the present study was to inventory the ichthyofauna in the small rivers and swamps around the concession area of PT. Mifa Bersaudara as a baseline data for monitoring program in the future. The sampling was done from 28 to 29 January 2019 at 12 sampling sites. The fish sample was caught using the casting net and fish trap from 06.00 AM to 5.00 PM. A total of 659 individual of fishes were sampled during the survey, it belongs to 7 orders, 11 families, 17 genera and 23 species. Cyprinidae and Rasbora argyrotaenia are the predominant family and species, respectively. One species of alien fish Oreochromis niloticus was recorded during the study. (paper)