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Food and feeding habits of Pennahia Macrophthalmus Bleeker at Visakhapatnam

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Title Food and feeding habits of
Pennahia Macrophthalmus Bleeker at Visakhapatnam
 
Creator Rao, T Appa
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description The food and feeding habits of Pennahia macrophthalmus Bleeker, a
sciaenid occurring in the trawl catches at Visakhapatnam, wis studied during the
period March 1%8-Decem'b2r 1973. P. macrophthalmus is a macrbphagous carnivore
feeding on teleosts and prawns. Among the teleosts, Bregmaceros macclellandi
and Anchoviella sp. are predominant. Prawns namely Penaeus s:pL, Metapenaeus
sp., Acetes sp. are found to be major components among the crustaceans. Study of
food in relation to different size groups showed P. macrophthalmus became more
icthyophagous w^th age. Low feeding between February-April, moderate feeding
between May-July and high feeding during the rest of the months seemed to prevail.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1980
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/623/1/Article_09.pdf
Rao, T Appa (1980) Food and feeding habits of Pennahia Macrophthalmus Bleeker at Visakhapatnam. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 27 (1&2). pp. 61-65.