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Title: | Food and feeding habits of an endemic catfish Mystus montanus (Jerdon) in River Tambaraparani |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Jesu Arockiaraj Arockia Raj Mohammed Abdulkather Haniffa S. Seetharaman S.P. Singh |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2004 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Food Mystus montanus ecosystem River Tambaraparani |
Publisher: | ResearchGate |
Citation: | Raj, A.J.A., Haniffa, M.A., Seetharaman, S. and Singh, S.P., 2004. Food and feeding habits of an endemic catfish Mystus montanus (Jerdon) in River Tambaraparani. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 51(1), pp.107-109. |
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Abstract/Description: | Food and feeding habits of Mystus montanus inhabiting Tambaraparani Riverfed systems were studied based on analysis of the gut contents. Index ofpreponderance adopted for determining the percentage occurrence and volumeof food items indicated that the fish is an omnivorous bottom feeder. Gut contentsshowed small fishes (12. 6%) cladocerans (11%), molluscs (10.8%), annelid worms(10.5%), rotifers (9%), insect larvae (7.8%), copepods (7.6%), detritus (7.6%),crustaceans (7.6%), fish scales (5%) algae (5%) and unknown items (5. 5%), asfood items . |
Description: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch– National AgriculturalTechnology Project (ICAR-NATP) |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Indian Journal of Fisheires |
NAAS Rating: | 6.29 |
Volume No.: | 51(1) |
Page Number: | 107-109 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5167 |
Appears in Collections: | FS-NBFGR-Publication |
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