ABSTRACT

Jeong (1814), in Ja-San-Eo-Bo, classified fish of Heuksando Island into two major groups, scaled fish group (82 fish names) and scaleless fish group (30 fish names), differing from the current classification system. Since then, many authors including Chyung (1977a, b), Chyung (1997) and Kim (2008) translated and reviewed Ja-San-Eo-Bo, but the identities of fish name in Ja-San-Eo Bo are still unclear because they did not examine fish specimens at Heuksando Island but depended on inference alone. Therefore, our study aims to clarify the identities of fish name recorded in Ja-San Eo-Bo based on fish specimens from Heuksando Island. A total of 95 fish species was collected at Heuksando Island between August 2012 and July 2013 using long line, bag net, gill net and bottom trawl. Comparing 112 fish names (Kim, 2008) in Ja-San-Eo-Bo with our 95 fish species and references, 110 fish species were estimated to be current recognized fish species.