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Marine Ornamental fish seed production

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15051/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14270/
 
Title Marine Ornamental fish seed production
 
Creator Anikuttan, K K
Jayakumar, R
Nazar, A K A
Tamilmani, G
Sakthivel, M
Ramesh Kumar, P
Sankar, M
Rao, G Hanumanta
Thomas, Tinto
Krishnaveni, N
 
Subject Ornamental Fishes
 
Description The ornamental fish trade is a multi- billion dollar industry and it is estimated that globally around 1.5 -2 million people keep aquaria. Over 46,000,000 organisms representing 2500 species are traded annually with a value exceeding US$ 300,000,000. Philippines and Indonesia supply the majority of livestock, with most specimens being consumed by the USA, Europe, and Japan (Calado et al., 2017). Among the most commonly traded families of fish Pomacentridae dominate accounting for 43% of all fish traded. They are followed by species belonging to Pomacanthidae (8%), Acanthuridae (8%), Labridae (6%) Gobiidae (5%), Chaetodontidae (4%), Callionymidae(3%), Microdesmidae (2%), Serranidae (2%) and Blennidae (2%).
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Book Section
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15051/1/Ornamental%20Fish_Course%20Manual_CAU_Tripura_2020.pdf
Anikuttan, K K and Jayakumar, R and Nazar, A K A and Tamilmani, G and Sakthivel, M and Ramesh Kumar, P and Sankar, M and Rao, G Hanumanta and Thomas, Tinto and Krishnaveni, N (2020) Marine Ornamental fish seed production. In: Course Manual on Marine Fisheries & Mariculture Prepared for the Training programme for B.F.Sc students of Central Agricultural University (CAU), Tripura. CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 24/2020 (24). ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam, pp. 68-74.