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Lunar spawning rhythm in orange anemone fish Amphiprion sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) under captive condition.

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Title Lunar spawning rhythm in orange anemone fish Amphiprion sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) under captive condition.
 
Creator Madhu, Rema
Madhu, K
 
Subject Aquaculture
Mariculture
Ornamental Fishes
 
Description The spawning frequency, lunar periodicity and time of spawning and fecundity in different
pairs of orange anemone fish A. sandaracinos from 549 captive spawning were monitored
over a period of thirty six months in Andaman and Nicobar Islands during March 2002 to
February 2005 for the first time in India. Sex ratios, influence of lunar phase and water
temperature on gonadosomatic indices of the species from natural habitat were also
documented. Out of the 1333 fishes observed, the female to male ratio of 1:2.2 obtained for
the entire period of investigations indicated the predominance of males over females. Due to
protandric hermaphroditism, the males were also smaller than female. The highest and
lowest values of gonado somatic indices (GSIs) were observed during November and July
respectively in both sexes.
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11330/1/2012-Rema_Lunar_Rhythem_on_A._sandarocinos_J.Aqua.Tropics.pdf
Madhu, Rema and Madhu, K (2012) Lunar spawning rhythm in orange anemone fish Amphiprion sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) under captive condition. Journal of Aquaculture in Tropics, 27 (1 & 2). pp. 1-12.