SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF LACTARIUS LACTARIUS (SCHNEIDER)


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Authors

  • T Appa Rao Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp

Abstract

AMONG the lesser known fishes of India, the big-jawed jumper Lactarius
laQfrnius^ .(Schn.) is a prized table fish. Sometimes when there are
heavy- catches it is also cured. From Madras, Chid mb ram and
y^nkataraman. (1946) and Devaresaii £ird Chidambaram (1953) gave
brief notes on the food of this species. Further Chacko (1949), Venkataraman-
(I960) and Bas^eeruddin and Nayar (1961) mentioned the items
.found in the stomach contents of this species from the coastal waters of Gulf
of Mannar, Malabar and Madras respectively. The present paper deals
-with the observations made by the author, on food and feeding habits,
size at maturity, maturation and spawning, sex ratio, fecundity, growth
and length-weight relationship of this spa;ies off Waltair during the
period ' 1959-60.

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Author Biography

  • T Appa Rao, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp

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Vol. 13 No. 1 & 2 (1966)

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How to Cite

Rao, T. A. (2011). SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF LACTARIUS LACTARIUS (SCHNEIDER). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 13(1 & 2), 334-349. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/13539