Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Fecundity Estimation of Mystus tengara (Ham.–Buch., 1822), A Freshwater Catfish from West Bengal, India

Sandipan Gupta, Samir Banerjee

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Fecundity is one of the most important aspects of reproductive biology study of any fish species. Though very little work so far has been done on fecundity study of different species of Mystus; but there exists a lacuna regarding the same for Mystus tengara specifically in the agro–climatic context of India. The study has revealed that the fecundity of Mystus tengara ranged from 6,770–21,708 with an average of 13,365.84±7,260.40; thus representing the highly fecund nature of this fish species. On the other hand, fecundity has shown highly significant (P<0.01) positive relationship with Total Body Weight, Total Length, Ovary Weight and Ovary Length; but comparison of correlation coefficients of fecundity with these above said parameters have indicated that variation in fecundity can be explained better in terms of Ovary Weight, Ovary Length and Total Body Weight than in terms of Total Length for this fish species.

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Sandipan Gupta, Samir Banerjee Fecundity Estimation of Mystus tengara (Ham.-Buch., 1822), A Freshwater Catfish from West Bengal, India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VI June 2013

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