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Fishery and biology of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal) along the Indian coast

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Title Fishery and biology of Priacanthus hamrur
(Forsskal) along the Indian coast
 
Creator Sivakami, S
Raje, S G
Feroz Khan, M
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Vivekanandan, E
Rajkumar, U
 
Subject Biology
Demersal Fisheries
 
Description Fishery trend of bull's eye (Family:Priacanthidae) along the Indian coast and
some biological aspects of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal) off Cochin are presented
in this paper. Coastwise, the resource is landed more in the west coast
from a depth range of 20-150m than the east coast, from a depth range of 10-
80m. Seasonally, priacanthids were abundant during October-March along the
north west coast and during December - March and August-October along the
south west coast. P. hamrur prefers pelagic crustaceans followed by fishes and
smaller molluscs as food.lt appears to breed mainly during April-July, shedding
two batches of ova. Gonado -somatic indices showed peak values during June in
both sexes. Size at maturity of males and females were 181- 190mm and 191-
200mm respectively. Chi -square test indicated females to dominate the population.
Fecundity ranged between 1,55,800 and 7,22,313. The V value in the length
-weight relationship of the two sexes was statistically significant at 5% level.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 2001
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/134/1/Article_08.pdf
Sivakami, S and Raje, S G and Feroz Khan, M and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Vivekanandan, E and Rajkumar, U (2001) Fishery and biology of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal) along the Indian coast. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 48 (3). pp. 277-289.