Diversity of Freshwater Fish in Sawaga River, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines

Abstract

The Sawaga River (Binukid: Wahig Sawaga) is a river found in Central Bukidnon, on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. A majority of its catchment area is located in Malaybalay City. The study was conducted from July 2018-December 2019 on the basis of the present fish diversity. Three sampling stations were selected. The study revealed the presence of 292 individual freshwater fishes were collected and examined in the three. And only eight species were identified, belonging to seven families and seven genera. The Highest value for richness index was 0.2671 and the lowest 0.0171.