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Report on swimbladder disorder in the honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra

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Title Report on swimbladder disorder in the honeycomb grouper,
Epinephelus merra
 
Creator Sharma, S R Krupesha
Anil, M K
Udayakumar, A
 
Subject Fish biology
Groupers
 
Description Swimbladder or airbladder is a thin layered
epithelial sac filled with air, lying above the alimentary
canal of bony fishes that regulates buoyancy of the fish
so that the specific gravity of the fish always matches
the depth at which it is swimming. Swimbladder disorder
(SBD) is a condition caused by sudden temperature
changes impacted stomach resulting from improper
feeding or due to bacterial or viral infections of the
bladder characterised by inability of the fish to keep a
normal upright position in water. Normally gold fishes
suffer from SBD due to their globoid body shape. Fish
with SBD may float on their side or their back, swim in
circles or take head-down posture.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6473/1/5._Kru.pdf
Sharma, S R Krupesha and Anil, M K and Udayakumar, A (2009) Report on swimbladder disorder in the honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra. Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Series (202). p. 16.