• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.221-230
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• 2019

Barbel steed (Hemibarbus labeo) is a small freshwater fish species as semi-bottom dwellers distributed in eastern Asia. We carried out characterization of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene from the mitochondrial DNA of H. labeo in the Sumjin River to identify the phylogenetic location of H. labeo in the genus Hemibarbus and Cyprinidae. Multiple alignment of the 577 bp COI sequence revealed high sequence homology (99~100%) between Seomjin River H. labeo. The nucleotide sequence similarity between H. labeo (HD1) and H. mylodon was 88.91% and that of H. longirostis was 88.81% among the three species found in Korea. In addition, the nucleotide sequence similarities of H. maculatus, H. meditus, H. umbrifer and H. barbus showed 98.97%, 97.20%, 96.87% and 98.85%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis on seven species of the genus Hemibarbus showed that the H. labeo collected in this study formed two clades. One of which consisted of Hadong, Imsil, Kangjin. The other one formed a step with HD2, HD8 and HD9 of Hadong and the H. labeo reported in Busan, Asan and Seoul, Korea. Phylogenetic position of the H. labeo among Cyprinidae showed 0.143 for the evolutionary distance from Zacco platypus and 0.006 for the H. maculatus. In addition, the genetic position of the H. labeo among 28 species of Cyprinidae was found to be located in Group I, including Gobioninae fishes. The results of this study will provide key genetic information for the taxonomic comparison in Cyprinidae and study of model fish for pollution monitoring in freshwater environments.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.377-384
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• 2010

Heavy metal accumulation levels of inhabitant fish, Hemibarbus labeo in Andong and Imha reservoirs were analyzed using an inductively coupled plasma spectrometer and atomic absorption spectrometer. Heavy metal contents of H. labeo from Andong reservoir were higher than those from Imha reservoir. Likewise, relative high contents of As, Cd and Hg were detected in the tissues from Andong reservoir. Among the heavy metals, Al, As and Fe were detected with high concentration in the gill tissues but not in the muscle tissues. Also, the average content of Zn was almost similar in all tissues. In addition, high accumulated level of Al, Cr, Cu and Mn were detected in gill and kidney tissues of H. labeo from Andong reservoir. As a result, the heavy metal contents from the inhabitant fishes, H. labeo, in Andong reservoir showed higher than those in Imha reservoir. We propose that heavy metal contamination in water and in inhabitated fishes is caused from various metals derived from water and sediments in water environment of Andong reservoir.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.552-563
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• 2015

The characteristics of ichthyofauna and fish community in Lake Goesan were examined from April 2010 to October 2012. During the survey period thirty six species belonging to 11 families were collected. Dominant species by number were Hemibarbus labeo (29.9%) and Zacco platypus (20.0%). In biomass, the dominant species were H. labeo (37.2%) and Carassius auratus (17.9%). Also, fourteen Korean endemic fish species (38.9%) and one endangered species (Acheilognathus signifer) were collected. Further, one catadromous species was observed for stock enhancement (Anguilla japonica), in addition to two land-locked anadromous species (Hypomesus nipponensis, Plecoglossus altivelis) and three exotic species (Cyprinus carpio (Israeli type), C. cuvieri, Micropterus salmoides). According to the length-weight relation of C. auratus and M. salmoides, the b values were 3.13~2.99, 3.11~2.99, showing a declining tendency annually. However, for H. labeo and Z. platypus, the b values were 2.98~3.07, 3.06~3.23 respectively, showing an increasing trend. The slope values for C. auratus and M. salmoides population conditions were controlled by K factor showing a tendency to decrease, but H. labeo and Z. platypus were showing a tendency to gradually increase.

• Journal of Aquaculture
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.259-264
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• 2008

Cytogenetic characteristics of three Hemibarbus species (H. labeo, H. longirostris and H. mylodon) were analyzed based on erythrocyte measurement, flow cytometric estimation of cellular DNA content, and karyological analysis. Average nuclear volumes for H. labeo, H. longirostris and H. mylodon were 22.5, 21.7 and $26.0\;{\mu}m^3$, respectively. The estimated genome sizes of those three species were not significantly different from one another, being recorded as 2.51, 2.33 and 2.35 pg/cell for H. labeo, H. longirostris and H. mylodon, respectively. Modal chromosome numbers of the three species were the same as 2n = 50. However, their karyotypes and fundamental numbers (FN) were different among species; 16M+16SM+18T/A (FN = 82) for H. labeo, 18M+16SM+16T/A (FN = 84) for H. longirostris and 18M+24SM+8T/A (FN = 92) for H. mylodon.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.264-270
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• 2005

The ichthyofauna and fish community structure were investigated at three areas in Lake Chungju from April to October 2004. During the surveyed period,32 two species belonging to 12 families were collected. Dominant species in number was hemibarbus labeo (relative abundance : 23.2%) and subdominant was Erythroculter erythropterus (12.1%). Siniperca scherzeri (9.2%), and Pseudogobio esocinus (8.6%) were also numerous. There were nine Korean endemic species belonging to six families including Acheilognathus yamatsutae. The number of fish species collected was 28 in Danyang, 17 in Jecheon, and 15 in Chungju. Highest dominant index calculated was 0.670 in Chungju, and highest diversity index calculated was 2.442 in the Danyang area. We need closer observation of population fluctuation of some species, including H. labeo, the dominant species by biomass in Lake Chungju.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.131-141
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• 2005

The ichthyofauna and structure of the fish community of Hapcheon Lake on the Hwang River were surveyed at six localities from May 2004 to Feb. 2005. There were 36 species belonging to 31 genera and 12 families in the Hapcheon Lake system. Of these, 24 species (66.7%) were cyprinids; cobitids and centropomids were next with 2 species (5.6%) each. The dominant species in the Hapcheon Lake system was Hemiculter eigenmanni (relative abundance 28.4%), the subdominant species Hemibarbus labeo (24.1%). Ten species (28.3%) of the 36 were Korean endemic species. Among the endemic species, H. eigenmanni and Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae were abundant at each locality except site 6, but the eight other species were rare. In biomass, H. labeo comprised about 36.5% of the total weight, H. eigenmanni 22.3%, Cyprinus carpio 7.5%, Hypomesus nipponensis 6.9%, Culter brevicauda 3.7% and Lepomis macrochirus 3.6%. Average dominance, diversity, and evenness index of the fish community collected from six localities in the Hapcheon Lake system were 0.21, 0.85, and 0.67, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.23 no.2 s.58
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• pp.173-183
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• 2005

The ichthyofauna and community structure in the Chuncheon Reservoir, Korea, were investigated from August 2003 to April 2004. The total number of fish caught from the period was 10,821 fish representing 41 species and 13 families. There were 16 Korean endemic species, including Hemibarbus mylodon, Acheilognathus yamatsutae and Odontobutis platycephala. Dominant species was Hypomesus olidus $(30.69\%) $ and subdominant species was Hemibarbus labeo $(14.70\%)$. Also, Zacco platypus $(10.57\%)$, Zacco temminckii $(9.66\%)$, Micropterus salmoides$(4.81\%)$, Rhinogobeus brunneus $(4.28\%)$ and Microphysogobio yaluensis $(3.10\%)$ were numerous. The biomass of collected fishes were Hemibarbus labeo (34.63 kg), Hypomesus olidus (19.01 kg), Cyprinus carpio (12.77 kg), Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (11.28 kg), Zacco platypus (8.04 kg). Among the 7 introduced fishes in Chuncheon Reservoir Carassius cuvieri, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Micropterus salmoides were originated from foreign countries, and others (Anguilla japonica, Hypomesus olidus, Oncorhynchus masou mason and Chaenogobius urotaenius) were introduced from other native river systems.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.111-119
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• 2004

The ichthyofauna and community structure in Lake Paro, Korea, was investigated from December 2002 to september 2003. Buying the surveyed period 45 species belonging 12 families were collected. There were 15 Korean endemic species 33.33％, including Hemibarbus mylodon, Aeheilognathus yamatsutae nnd Ooreoperca hem. Dominant species were Zacco platypus (72.41％) and subdominant species were Hemibarbus labeo (9.75％). Also, Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (5.98％), Zacco temmincki (2.42％), Rhinogobius brunneus (2.01％) and Hypomesus olidus (0.88％) were numerous. The biomass of collected fishes were Zacco platypus (82,803.15 g), Hemibarbus labeo (32,942.63 g), Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (27,482.39 g), Cyprinus carpio (6,502.87 g), Anguilla japonica (3,022.15 g) and Siniperca scherzeri (2,711.05 g). Of the 10 introduced fishes in Lake Paro Cyprinus carpio (Israeli type), Carassius cuvieri, Micropterus salmoides and Lepomis macrochirus were originated form foreign countries but Anguillta japonica, Hemiculter eigenmanni, Hypomesus olidus, Oncorhynchus masou mason, Chaenogobius urotaenius, Rhinogobius giurinus were introduced from other native river systems.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.123-130
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• 2005

The ichthyofauna of Lake Cheongpyeong was investigated from April 2003 to November 2004. During the surveyed period 31 species belonging to nine families were collected. Dominant species in numbers was Hemibarbus labeo (relative abundance: 29.9%), subdominant was Acanthorhodeus gracilis (22.8%). Erythroculter erythropterus (14.6%) and Cyprinus auratus (6.3%) were also numerous. There were nine Korean endemic species belonging to three families, including Acheilgnathus yamatsutae. We need close observation on population fluctuations of Micropterus salmoides, an exotic carnivorous fish from North America, and Hemibarbus labeo and Erythroculter erythropterus, the dominant species by biomass in Lake Cheongpyeong.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.17 no.7 s.87
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• pp.937-943
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• 2007

The fish fauna and weight-length relationship in Andong reservoir were investigated from May 2005 to March 2006. During surveyed period, 2,540 individuals 20 species belonging to 7 families were collected. Dominant species were Hemibarbus labeo(19.6%) and sub-dominant species were Carassius cuvieri (19.2%). The korea endemic species were Hemiculter eigenmanni(7.1%), Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae (0.1 %), Corroperca herzi (0.1 %) and introduced fishes were Carassius cuvieri (19.21 %) Lepomis macrochirus (4.2%), Micropterus salmoides (0.2%). Dominace, species diversity, species richness, species even-ness were 0.39, 3.16, 2.42, 0.73 respectively. The values of the exponent b in the weight-length relation-ship $W=aL^{b}$ ranged from 2.9162(H. labeo, $R^{2}$=0.9567) to 3.2509(Zacco pla쇼pus, $R^{2}$=0.9928) and the median value was 3.1079, whereas 50% of the values ranged between about 3.05 to 3.20. The Condition factor(K) showed good state of health in the surveyed species (excepts H. labeo and Cyprinus carpio).