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Food and feeding habits of the horse-mackerel, Caranx kalla (Cuv. & Val.)

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Title Food and feeding habits of the horse-mackerel,
Caranx kalla (Cuv. & Val.)
 
Creator Kagwade, V N
 
Subject Mackerel fishery
Food and Feeding
 
Description The importance of the knowledge of food and feeding habits of a fish in
understanding its fishery biology has been very well established. Often it helps in
finding out the seasonal variations in the distribution of a fish species. Sometimes
the rate of feeding has a bearing on the spawning of the fish. The nature of the
food composition of a fish will also throw light on the possible habitats it frequents.
Chidambaram and Venkataraman (1946), Chacko and Mathew (1955) and
Kagwade (1965) have given short accounts of the food of Caranx kalla. The
food and feeding habits of the different species of the horse-mackerel have been
described briefly in the works of Datar (1954), Kuthalingam (1955, '59) and
Tandon (1960). But for these, there is no other published account on the food
and feeding habits of C. kalla which forms an important component of the fish
catches both on the east and west coasts of India. Hence, an attempt has been
made here to study this aspect in detail.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1967
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2271/1/Article_07.pdf
Kagwade, V N (1967) Food and feeding habits of the horse-mackerel, Caranx kalla (Cuv. & Val.). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 14 (1&2). pp. 85-96.