YANTao, HUANGYingying, YANJungang, ZHAOFengqi, ZHANGJunlin, HEBin
The MinjiangRiverisanimportantpartoftheYangtzeRiver.Thespeciescomposition,dominantspeciesanddiversityindexwereanalyzedtounderstandthecurrentstatusoffishresourcesin
MinjiangRiverfrom2017to2019.Atotalof72specieswereidentifiedinside5orders,14families,and53
genera.Amongthesespecies,MyxocyprinusasiaticusisenlistedasaprotectedspeciesinChina,4species
areenlistedasprotectedspeciesinSichuanProvince,16speciesareendemictotheupperYangtzeRiver
and4speciesareinvasivespeciesinMinjiangRiver.ThefishesintheupperreachesofMinjiangRiverare
dominatedbyloticspecies,suchasSchizothoraxprenanti,Schizothorax (Racoma)davidi,EuchiloglaniskishinouyeiandEuchiloglanisdavidi.
Incontrast,themiddleandlowerreachesaremainlydominated
bylenticspecies,suchasGlyptothoraxfokiensis,Liobagrus marginatus andPseudobagrustruncatus.
TheShannon-Wienerindex,PielouevennessindexandMargalefspeciesrichnessindexindicatedthefish
speciesdiversityispoorandpresentssignificantlongitudinalchangesinMinjiangRiver.Theinvestigation
revealedthereducednumberofspeciesandtheminiaturizationofeconomicfishstocks,whichindicatesthe
recessionoffishresourcesinMinjiangRiver.