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Biology of the bait fishes Spratelloides delicatulvs (Bennet) and S. Japonicus (Houttuyn) from Minicoy waters

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Title Biology of the bait fishes
Spratelloides delicatulvs (Bennet) and
S. Japonicus (Houttuyn) from Minicoy waters
 
Creator Mohan, Madan
Kunhikoya, K K
 
Subject Fish biology
Tuna fisheries
 
Description Spratelloides delicatulus is considered to be an excellent
bait fish by Hawaiian fishermen (June 1951, Ikehara
1953, June and Reintjes 1953). This species, however,
does not contribute to a good percentage of the bait
fish catch in Hawaii but whenever Stolephorus purpureus
is not available as bait sufficiently, sprats are captured
and made use as bait (Welsh 1950). S. delicatulus
is the widely used sprat in the Indo-Pacific. Its poor
survival in captivity is the main handicap (Ikehara
1953, June and Reintjes 1953, Wilson 1971, Lee 1973).
Occurrence of this species is very seasonal in the Pacific
Ocean and is available more during summer months
(Welsh 1950, June 1951 Wilson 1963). Hida (1971)
noted that S. delicatulus was abundant in lagoons of
large atolls in Micronesia.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2500/1/Article_19.pdf
Mohan, Madan and Kunhikoya, K K (1985) Biology of the bait fishes Spratelloides delicatulvs (Bennet) and S. Japonicus (Houttuyn) from Minicoy waters. CMFRI Bulletin, 36. pp. 155-164.