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Food of the cat-fish, Tachysurus thalassinus (Ruppell)

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Title Food of the cat-fish, Tachysurus thalassinus (Ruppell)
 
Creator Mojumder, P
 
Subject Cat Fishes
Food and Feeding
 
Description The food habits of the cat-fish, Tachysurus thalassinus, v/eit studied for a period of
three years from April 1964 to March 1967, based mainly on specimens from the fishing
areas oif Waltair, and also some from further north in the Bay of Bengal.
From the pooled data of all zones it is observed that 67% of the food consists of
crabs, prawns, Squilla spp., and crustacean remains, 22% of teleosts and 4% of molluscs.
The-fluctuations in the intensity of feeding (points) and the volume of stomach contents
(ml) generally showed similar trends both in the small (less than 36 cm total length) and
large (more than 36 cm total length) cat-fish; A rough correlation between the stomach
contents and the availability of food items in the environment is observed.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1969
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1642/1/Article_18.pdf
Mojumder, P (1969) Food of the cat-fish, Tachysurus thalassinus (Ruppell). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 16 (1&2). pp. 161-169.