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Morphometry, length-weight relationship and food and feeding habits of Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor, 1850) of Bombay waters

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Title Morphometry, length-weight relationship and food and feeding habits of Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor, 1850) of Bombay waters
 
Creator Manojkumar, P P
Acharya, P
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Food and Feeding
 
Description Thirteen morphometric and seven meristic characters, length-weight relationship and
food & feeding habits of Ololithoides biauriJus of Bombay coast were studied. Compared
morphometric characters revealed positive allometric growth and high correlation
er'ranging 0.898 - 0.996) between each other. Meristic characters were observed to be
ByU' DI 8.10, D2 27-31, P 17·20, V 5-7 and A 7·10. Number of gill rackerson the firstleft gillarcb
ranged from 15 to 19. Length.weight relationship for both sexes together worked out to
be W = 0.026, L2.646 • The species is a predator, feeding mainly 00 motile Aceles, small
fish aud Loligo in order of preference.
 
Publisher Indian Fisheries Association
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8793/1/Acharya.pdf
Manojkumar, P P and Acharya, P (1990) Morphometry, length-weight relationship and food and feeding habits of Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor, 1850) of Bombay waters. Journal of the Indian Fisheries Association, 20. pp. 31-36.