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Comparative studies on age and growth patterns of cultivated and wild Catla catla (Hamilton)

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Title Statement Comparative studies on age and growth patterns of cultivated and wild Catla catla (Hamilton)
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Brraich, Onkar Singh; Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India
Kaur, Lakhwinder
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Back calculation; Indian major carp; Opercular bones
 
Summary, etc. Catla catla (Hamilton) is one of the fastest growing Indian major carps (IMCs) with increasing market demand. Consistent demand and exploitation invites the attention of ichthyologists for its conservation strategies. Age and growth studies play a pivotal role for managing the fishery stocks in different water bodies. Here, we studied the age and growth patterns using opercula of both farm grown as well as the wild grown C. catla adopting standard methodologies. Wild specimens were caught from Harike wetland (Ramsar site) and the cultivated one from a farm at Dhudike in Punjab. High value of correlation coefficient ‘r’ 0.976 (wetland) and 0.983 (farm) reveals the strong relationship in total length and operculum radius of the fish. C. catla achieved average total length from wetland and farm, respectively at 1st (273.44 mm) 2nd (427.44 mm) 3rd (525.49 mm) 4th (624.52 mm) 5th (744.98 mm) 6th (813.62 mm) and 1st (282.1 mm) 2nd (463 mm) 3rd (601.7 mm) year of age of opercular bones study. The growth parameters such as, index of species average size (φh) 135.6 (wetland) and 200.6 (farm), growth constant (Clt) showed two growth phases from both localities i.e. sexual immaturity up to 2 years and sexual maturity afterwards. Whereas, growth characteristic (Cth) has revealed irregular growth pattern at wetland in comparison to growth of fish from farm. The results of this study concluded that the fish experienced more growth from the farm due to better and controlled conditions but, in wetland surrounding conditions were observed to be unfavourable for survival of the fish C. catla.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
2022-01-31 16:50:31
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB); ##issue.vol## 60, ##issue.no## 02 (2022): IJEB [FEBRUARY 2022]
 
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