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Food and feeding habits of the short-jaw anchovy, Thrissina baelama (Forskal), of the Andaman sea

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Title Food and feeding habits of the short-jaw anchovy,
Thrissina baelama (Forskal), of the Andaman sea
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Creator Marichamy,R
 
Subject Food and feeding habits
short-jaw anchovy
Thrissina baelama
Andaman sea
 
Description Not Available
Like many other anchovies T. baelama feeds mostly on large zooplanktonic
organisms. Euphausiids were the most important item of food supplemented
by copepods, megalopae, prawns and amphipods. These major items in
the diet of the fish did not differ significantly from year to year although the
relative importance of particular item may vary slightly between diflferent months.
The smaller fish appeared to prefer smaller organisms like veligers, zoeae,
Oithona, Pseudodiaptomus etc. while the adults preferred euphausiids, megalopae,
prawns, amphipods and fish larvae.
The variations in the composition of the gut contents and feeding intensity
are discussed in relation to environmental biota, size-groups and maturity
of the fish.
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Date 2021-08-11T09:13:44Z
2021-08-11T09:13:44Z
1972
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/54727
 
Language English
 
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Publisher CMFRI/ICAR