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On the food of Chanos chanos (Forskal)

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Title On the food of Chanos chanos (Forskal)
 
Creator Tampi, P R S
 
Subject Fish biology
 
Description During the last few years several observations have been reported, particularly
from the East Asian countries, regarding the food of the milkfish
and most of the existing information is reviewed in a paper by Schuster
(1949). Abstracts of other publications on this subject are also available
in the bibliography on Chanos culture prepared by him (1952 i). Excepting
for Sunier (1922) in Java and Chacko (1945 and 1949) in India, observations
by others seem to have been based mostly on fish reared in saltwater
ponds for commercial purposes. The absence of the fish in appreciable
numbers in commercial catches from the sea in any part of the coast where
the fish is known to occur, unfortunately, is a barrier hindering our progress
towards the elucidation of many important aspects in the life of the
fish and leaves several problems inadequately solved. Thus, in understanding
the food and feeding habits or for determining the age, maturity and
spawning behaviour, we have necessarily to depend on the occasional
specimens caught during fishing operations intended for other species.
Recently, after consistent efforts, it has been possible to obtain a few adult
fish around Mandapam through the co-operation of the local fishermen.
The examination of the stomach contents of these fish revealed certain interesting
features and these, together with previous data collected by the
author, are presented here, mainly to supplement our existing information
on the food of the fish from their natural habitat, as these may be of some
importance to fish culturists of the Indo-Pacific region.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1958
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1783/1/Article_08.pdf
Tampi, P R S (1958) On the food of Chanos chanos (Forskal). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 5 (1). pp. 107-117.