Food and feeding habits of an endemic catfish Mystus montanus (Jerdon) in River Tambaraparani


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Authors

  • A Jesu Arockia Raj Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
  • M A Haniffa Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S Seetharaman Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S P Singh National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Dilkusha (P. O), Lucknow - 226 002

Abstract

Food and feeding habits of Mystus montanus inhabiting Tambaraparani River fed systems were studied based on analysis of the gut contents. Index of preponderance adopted for determining the percentage occurrence and volume
of food items indicated that the fish is an omnivorous bottom feeder. Gut contents showed small fishes (12. 6%) cladocerans (11%), molluscs (10.8%), annelid worms (10.5%), rotifers (9%), insect larvae (7.8%), copepods (7.6%), detritus (7.6%),
crustaceans (7.6%), fish scales (5%) algae (5%) and unknown items (5. 5%), as food items.

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Author Biographies

  • A Jesu Arockia Raj, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
    Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE)
    St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002,
    Tamil Nadu, India
  • M A Haniffa, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
    Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE)
    St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002,
    Tamil Nadu, India
  • S Seetharaman, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE) St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India
    Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE)
    St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002,
    Tamil Nadu, India
  • S P Singh, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Dilkusha (P. O), Lucknow - 226 002
    National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
    Dilkusha (P. O), Lucknow - 226 002

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Vol. 51 No. 1 (2004)

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Raj, A. J. A., Haniffa, M. A., Seetharaman, S., & Singh, S. P. (2011). Food and feeding habits of an endemic catfish Mystus montanus (Jerdon) in River Tambaraparani. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 51(1), 107-109. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/7173