Length–Frequency Studies on Catfish Macrones  Vittatus (Bloch, 1794) At Bhategaon Dam, Hingoli  District, Maharashtra.

Sunnap Namrata V.; Sanjay Shamrao Nanware; DHANRAJ B BHURE

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Length–Frequency Studies on Catfish Macrones Vittatus (Bloch, 1794) At Bhategaon Dam, Hingoli District, Maharashtra.

Sunnap Namrata V. , Sanjay Shamrao Nanware , Dhanraj B Bhure

Abstract :

Length–Frequency study made on Macrones vittatus (Bloch, 1794) at Bhategaon Dam during the year January to December 2011 is presented in the paper. The determination of age and growth of the catfish Macrones vittatus (Bloch, 1794) has been attempted employing Length–Frequency Method. The frequency polygon for the entire period shows two distinct modes at 106–115 mm and 116–125 mm size group. The smallest fishes were found from January, October and November during the study period. It has been stated that the fish spawned in July and August.