Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem

The study of reproductive biology is extremely crucial in fishery. Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) is a good food and ornamental catfish in the World. The present study aims to examine the seasonal reproductive behaviour of P. atherinoides in both lentic and lotic ecosystems. The study was co...

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Main Authors: Angsuman Chanda, Godhuli Sit, Arun Jana
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2024-08-01
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description The study of reproductive biology is extremely crucial in fishery. Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) is a good food and ornamental catfish in the World. The present study aims to examine the seasonal reproductive behaviour of P. atherinoides in both lentic and lotic ecosystems. The study was conducted over two years in selected lentic and lotic aquatic ecosystems of the Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur districts of West Bengal, India: seasonally observed gonado-somatic index, fecundity and gonad maturation stages in both habitats in the study area. The study reveals that P. atherinoides shows single annual spawning and spawning during June to September. There is no significant difference between the breeding period between lentic and lotic aquatic ecosystems. This study would help aquaculturists in the culture, captive breeding, and conservation of P. atherinoides and also help researchers in the biometric study of another fish.
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spelling doaj-art-db0a6be4f12f4d2f9abf2fb2c6596c3f2025-02-04T08:47:51ZengIstanbul University PressAquatic Sciences and Engineering2602-473X2024-08-0139315616410.26650/ASE202414507584Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystemAngsuman Chanda0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-5057Godhuli Sit1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5821-7937Arun Jana2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6247Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous)Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous)Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College (Autonomous)The study of reproductive biology is extremely crucial in fishery. Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) is a good food and ornamental catfish in the World. The present study aims to examine the seasonal reproductive behaviour of P. atherinoides in both lentic and lotic ecosystems. The study was conducted over two years in selected lentic and lotic aquatic ecosystems of the Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur districts of West Bengal, India: seasonally observed gonado-somatic index, fecundity and gonad maturation stages in both habitats in the study area. The study reveals that P. atherinoides shows single annual spawning and spawning during June to September. There is no significant difference between the breeding period between lentic and lotic aquatic ecosystems. This study would help aquaculturists in the culture, captive breeding, and conservation of P. atherinoides and also help researchers in the biometric study of another fish.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3785834fecunditygastro-somatic indexgonad maturationlenticloticpachypterus atherinoides
spellingShingle Angsuman Chanda
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Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering
fecundity
gastro-somatic index
gonad maturation
lentic
lotic
pachypterus atherinoides
title Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
title_full Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
title_fullStr Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
title_full_unstemmed Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
title_short Reproductive biology of catfish, Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794) with Special Reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
title_sort reproductive biology of catfish pachypterus atherinoides bloch 1794 with special reference to lentic and lotic ecosystem
topic fecundity
gastro-somatic index
gonad maturation
lentic
lotic
pachypterus atherinoides
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3785834
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