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Stomach content analysis of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier) from Calicut, Kerala

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Title Stomach content analysis of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta
(Cuvier) from Calicut, Kerala
 
Creator Sivadas, M
Bhaskaran, M M
 
Subject Mackerel fishery
Food and Feeding
 
Description The food and feeding of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta was studied from Calicut based on 1,551 fishes
ranging in size from 100 to 280 mm total length (TL) collected from both multi-day trawlers and ring net during the period
January to December 2006. There was a preponderance of empty stomachs in all the months. The dominant food item was
copepod. Sand and foraminiferans also formed part of the stomach content. The fish, Bregmaceros sp. was noticed for the
first time in the adult mackerel.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5900/1/a5.pdf
Sivadas, M and Bhaskaran, M M (2009) Stomach content analysis of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier) from Calicut, Kerala. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 56 (2). pp. 143-146.