STUDIES ON FECUNDIT-Y OF PUNTIUS SARANA (HAM.) IN RELATION TO TOTAL LENGTH, TOTAL WEIGHT AND OVARY WEIGHT
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Authors
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Santosh Kumar
Ex-Vice Chancellor, Hari Shanker Gour Vishvidhyalaya, sagar (M.P.)
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Somdutt Somdutt
CIFE Center, Powarkheda (M.P.)
Abstract
A total of forty three mature female of Puntius sarana (Ham.) ranging
from 204 mm to 320 mm in length and 102 to 482 gin weight were used for
present studies. The relationship between fecundity with respect to toal
length (TL), total weight (TW) and ovary weight (OW) was found to be linear.
The coefficient of co-relation ir' of the above relationships was found to be
0.5947, 0.5761 and 0.9837 respectively. All these values are highly significant
(P=O.Ol) indicating a close relationship between these parameters. However,
as indicated by value of 'r' (0.9837), the fecundity is more closely related to
ovary weight and hence the ovary weight may be a better index of fecundity
than the total length or weight.
Keywords: Punitius sarana. fecundity, total length, total weight and ovary
weight
