ON THE BIOMETRY, FOOD AND FEEDING AND SPAWNING HABITS OF OTOLITHES RUBER (SCHNEIDER) FROM PORTO NOVO


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Authors

  • P K Mahadevan Pillai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682 018.

Abstract

Out of the 17 morphometric characters studied, the distance between the
tip of snout and insertion of anal fin was observed to have the fastest growth rate
in Otolithes ruber (Schneider) along the Porto Novo coast. O. ruber, highly carnivorous,
shows a selectivity of feeding. The ova-diameter frequency suggests that
spawning takes place in O. ruber only once a season, for a shoh duration

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Author Biography

  • P K Mahadevan Pillai, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682 018.
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682 018.

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Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (1983)

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How to Cite

Pillai, P. K. M. (2011). ON THE BIOMETRY, FOOD AND FEEDING AND SPAWNING HABITS OF OTOLITHES RUBER (SCHNEIDER) FROM PORTO NOVO. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 30(1), 69-73. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11820