TINGKAH LAKU MAKAN IKAN KERAPU MACAN (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) TERHADAP PERBEDAAN UMPAN (SKALA LABORATORIUM)

Abstract

Fish eating behavior is the result of the interaction of several senses in fish depend on the habitat and the effect produced by the food. Bait as food is one form of the stimulus in the form of physical / chemical that can provide a response to fish of certain fish for fishing. This study describes the eating bahvior or Tiger kerapu Fish (Epinephelus fuscogutattus) by using natural bait during the day and evening. Parameters that observed are patterns of eating bahavior and eating response time of Kerapu Fish. The research method used is descriptive and experiment on laboratory scale. The obseravtion of bahavior responses by using a light condition pond and the dark condition pond. Bait that used was a natural bait, including shrimp, fish and sea urchins. Stage of eating behavior observations including arousal, searching and findingphase. The behavior of Kerapu fish to bait in bright condition is not different to arousal phase and finding phase. The behavior of Kerapu fish in dark condition to natural bait (sea urchin gonand, shrimp and fish) is not different to arousal phase, seraching phase and finding phase. Keywords : eating behavior, Epinephelus fuscogutattus, bait