I collect fish from fish markets in addition to catching them myself. This approach has both pros and cons. Fish markets can be really helpful because they are the result of a huge amount of fishing effort. At Donggang Fish Market I have collected several fish species that I have never been able to catch myself. Additionally, I have had a lot of luck finding adult clupeiforms, which I rarely catch with my beach seine because they are stronger swimmers and are often further offshore than larvae and juveniles. The downside of obtaining fish from markets is that I can't get any detailed information about the localities (e.g. lat/long, time of day, habitat type) where they were caught, which limits the type of research that the specimens can be used for.
So far this year I have visited Donggang two times with Zhao Yu Shen, Chung Li An, and Tsai Meng Cheng (NCYU undergraduate students). We collected several clupeiform species: Nematalosa come, Sardinella lemuru, Dussumieria acuta, Stolephorus commersonii, Engraulis japonicus, Encrasicholina punctifer, and Thryssa dussumieri. We also collected myctophids (Family: Myctophidae), apogonids (Family Apogonidae), Centriscus scutatus (Family: Centriscidae), Heniochus acuminatus (Family: Chaetodontidae), gempylids (Family: Gempylidae), bregmacerids (Genus: Bregmaceros), synodontids (Family: Synodontidae), Upeneus japonicus (Family: Mullidae), Alectis ciliaris (Family: Carangidae), Mene maculata (Family: Menidae), an unknown eel species at the "glass eel" life history stage, two species of etmopterid sharks (Family: Etmopteridae), and an additional species of shark that I still need to identify.
Collecting event details:
Lat/long: 22.466292, 120.443972
Date: 28/May/2014, 06/June/2014, 20/June/2014
Species collected (List updated 06_2015): (1) Alectes ciliaris, (2) Anguilliformes sp., (3) Callionimidae sp., (4) Ceratoscopelus warmingii, (5) Benthosema pterotum, (6) Encrasicholina punctifer, (7) Stolephorus waitei, (8) Engraulis japonicus, (9) Thryssa dussumieri, (10) Sardinella lemuru, (11) Dussumieria acuta, (12) Bregmaceros sp., (13) Etmopterus sp., (14) Galeus sauteri, (15) Ostorhinchus pleuron, (16) Promethichthys prometheus, (17) Lestrolepis sp., (18) Harpadon microchir, (19) Acropoma hanedai, (20) Mene maculata, (21) Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, (22) Nematalosa come, (23) Heniochus acuminatus, (24) Centriscus scutatus, (25) Triacanthus anomalus, (26) Argyropelecus aculeatus, (27) Synodous myops, (28) Peristedion liorhynchus, (29) Antennarius striatus, (30) Bembras japonica, (31) Encrasicholina heteroloba, (32) Engraulis japonicus, (33) Sardinella gibbosa, (34) Pampus chinensis, (35) Monocentris japonica, (36) Banjos banjos, (37) photonectes albipennis, (38) Astronesthes lucifer, (39) Xenodermichthys nodulosus, (40) Brachirus annularis, (41) Etmopterus sp., (42) Lagocephalus gloveri
So far this year I have visited Donggang two times with Zhao Yu Shen, Chung Li An, and Tsai Meng Cheng (NCYU undergraduate students). We collected several clupeiform species: Nematalosa come, Sardinella lemuru, Dussumieria acuta, Stolephorus commersonii, Engraulis japonicus, Encrasicholina punctifer, and Thryssa dussumieri. We also collected myctophids (Family: Myctophidae), apogonids (Family Apogonidae), Centriscus scutatus (Family: Centriscidae), Heniochus acuminatus (Family: Chaetodontidae), gempylids (Family: Gempylidae), bregmacerids (Genus: Bregmaceros), synodontids (Family: Synodontidae), Upeneus japonicus (Family: Mullidae), Alectis ciliaris (Family: Carangidae), Mene maculata (Family: Menidae), an unknown eel species at the "glass eel" life history stage, two species of etmopterid sharks (Family: Etmopteridae), and an additional species of shark that I still need to identify.
Collecting event details:
Lat/long: 22.466292, 120.443972
Date: 28/May/2014, 06/June/2014, 20/June/2014
Species collected (List updated 06_2015): (1) Alectes ciliaris, (2) Anguilliformes sp., (3) Callionimidae sp., (4) Ceratoscopelus warmingii, (5) Benthosema pterotum, (6) Encrasicholina punctifer, (7) Stolephorus waitei, (8) Engraulis japonicus, (9) Thryssa dussumieri, (10) Sardinella lemuru, (11) Dussumieria acuta, (12) Bregmaceros sp., (13) Etmopterus sp., (14) Galeus sauteri, (15) Ostorhinchus pleuron, (16) Promethichthys prometheus, (17) Lestrolepis sp., (18) Harpadon microchir, (19) Acropoma hanedai, (20) Mene maculata, (21) Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, (22) Nematalosa come, (23) Heniochus acuminatus, (24) Centriscus scutatus, (25) Triacanthus anomalus, (26) Argyropelecus aculeatus, (27) Synodous myops, (28) Peristedion liorhynchus, (29) Antennarius striatus, (30) Bembras japonica, (31) Encrasicholina heteroloba, (32) Engraulis japonicus, (33) Sardinella gibbosa, (34) Pampus chinensis, (35) Monocentris japonica, (36) Banjos banjos, (37) photonectes albipennis, (38) Astronesthes lucifer, (39) Xenodermichthys nodulosus, (40) Brachirus annularis, (41) Etmopterus sp., (42) Lagocephalus gloveri