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The spiny eel Mastacembelus armatus is an economically important freshwater food fish native of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and other parts of South-east Asia. The study was conducted from river Narmada to determine the fecundity of Mastacembelus armatus during the period of one year (2006-2007). Fecundity of fish was determined by numerical method. It ranged from 1872 eggs to 5402 eggs in total length range of 42.1 to 47.9cms. The Fecundity of Mastacembelus armatus in relation to fish length, fish weight & ovary weight was worked out.
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References
Bagenal, T.B. 1957. Annual variations in fish fecundity. Journal of Marine Biological Association United Kingdom 36: 377-382.
Bagenal, T. B. 1967. A Short view of fish fecundity in biological basis of freshwater fish production E.D.S.D. Gerking Oxford 89-111pp.
Baxter, I. G. 1959 Fecundities of Winter spring and summer, Autmn herring spawnrs Extrait du Journal du Conseil. International Pour 1. Exploration delamer- 25:1.
Das S. M. 1964. A Study on the fecundity of some fresh water fishes of India with note on new aspect of comparative fecundity Ichthyologica 3: 33-36pp.
Gomez-Marquez, J.L., Pena-Mendoza, B., Salgado-Ugarte, I.H. & Guzmán-Arroyo, M. 2003. Reproductive aspects of Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) at Coatetelco lake, Morelos, Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 51(1): 221-228.
Kabir, A.K.M.A., M.A. Hossain, S.M. Rahmatullah, S. Dewan and M.S. Islam 1998. Studies on the gonadoso-matic index and fecundity of chapila (Gudusia chapra Ham.). Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries Research 2 (2): 195-200.
Karim, M.A., and Hossain, A. 1972 Studies on the biology of Mastacembelus pancalus (spiny eel, Hamilton) in artificial ponds. Part II, sexual maturity and fecundity.Bangladesh J. Biol. Agric. Sci., 1(2), pp. 15-18.
Narejo, N.T., Rahmatullah, S.M., and Rashid, M.M. 2002 Studies on the reproductive biology of freshwater spiny eel, Mastacembalus armatus (Lacepede) reared in the cemented cisterns of BAU, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 5(7), pp. 809-811.
Narejo, N.T. 2003. Comparative studies on the biology and culture of Monopterus cuchia and Mastacembelus armatus of Mymensingh region. Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. 205 pp.
Qasim, S.Z. and Qayyum, A. 1963. Fecundities of some freshwater fish. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India 29: 373-382.
Saxena, O.P., Bhatia, H.K., and Chowdhery, V. 1979 Cytological study of oocytes of the fish, Mastacembelus armatus with particular reference to the localization of protein and nucleic acids. Matsya, 5, pp. 1-10.
Serajuddin, M., and Mustafa, S. (1994) Feeding specialization in adult spiny eel, Mastacembelus armatus. Asian Fish. Sci., 7, pp. 63-65.
Sikarwar R. 1994. Biology of the endangered Mahaseer fish Tor tor and methods of its conservation in Narmada river Ph.D. Thesis, Vikram Univ. Ujjain (M.P.) 1-170 pp.
Sikder, S.K., and Das, A. 1980. Investigation on fish Mastacembelus armatus skin: Part 2, isolation and characterization of glycosaminoglycans (Mucopoly saccharides). Indian J. Chem., Sect. B, 19, pp. 423-424.
Simpson A. C. 1951. Fecundity of plaice. Fishery Invest. London: Sem .217(15: 27).