Analysis of feeding behaviour and gastro-somatic index (GaSI) during different phases of breeding cycle of Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) from Meghalaya, India
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Fresh water mud eel (Monopterus cuchia) is considered as a highly nutritious food fish having therapeutic value. Therefore, a study has been conducted to acquire information on the food and feeding habit of this species in relation to reproductive cycle. Relative Length of the Gut (RLG), Gastro-Somatic Index (GaSI) and Analysis of gut content have been studied. It was observed that insect larvae and zooplankton comprised the major part of Gut content. GaSI values of 2.70 (Spent), 3.14 (Pre-Breeding), 2.13 (Breeding) and 2.56 (Post-Breeding) was observed to be different from all the four stages. Moreover, GaSI value was lowest during breeding period and highest during pre-breeding period. Lowest GaSI value of 2.13 indicates period of low feeding intensity which coincides with breeding period. Based on the obtained results, Monopterus cuchia was considered as a carnivorous fish since the RLG value is less than 1.
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Feeding Intensity, GaSI, Maturity Stages, Monopterus cuchia, RLG
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Dasgupta, M. (2004). Relative length of the gut of some freshwater fishes of West Bengal in relation to food and feeding habits. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 51 (3): 381-384.
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Jhingran, A.G. (1961). Studies on the maturity and fecundity of the Gangetic unchovy, Setipinna phasa (Ham). Indian Journal of Fisheries. 8: 291-311.
Joadder, A.R. and Hossain, M.D. (2008). Convenient Pattern of Food and Feeding Habit of Liza parsia (Hamilton) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae).Journal of Fisheries International. 3 (3): 48 -51.
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Kanwal, B.P.S. and Pathani, S.S. (2012). Food and feeding habits of a hill stream fish, Garra lamta (Hamilton-Buchanan) in some tributaries of Suyal River, Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand (India). International Journal of Food and Nutrition Science.1 (2): 16-22.
Manon, M.R. and Hossain, M.D. (2011). Food and Feeding Habit of Cyprinus carpio var. specularis. Journal of Science Foundation. (1&2): 163-181.
Menon, A.G.K. (1999). Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 175.
Miah, M.F. Ali, H. Zannath, E. Shuvra, T.M. Naser, M.N. and Ahmed, M.K. (2015). Breeding Biology and Induced Breeding Status of Freshwater Mud Eel (Monopterus cuchia). International Journal of Bioengineering and life sciences. 9 (6): 680-684.
Mirza, M.R. and Alam, M.K. (2002). A checklist of the fishes of the Punjab, Pakistan, Records of the Zoological Survey of Pakistan. 14: 31-35.
Mitra, K. Suresh, V.R. Vinci, G.K. and Mazumdar, N.N. (2006). Food habits of the soft-fin barb Puntius sophore (Hamilton-Buch.) in a floodplain wetland, West Bengal. Journal of Inland Fisheries Society of India. 38 (2): 73-76.
Mondal, D.K. and Kaviraj, A. (2010). Feeding and reproductive biology of Indian shad Gudusia chapra in two floodplain lakes of India. Electronic Journal of Biology. 6 (4): 98-102.
Munshi, J.S.D. Roy, P.K. and Nasar, S.S.T. (1989). Oxygen uptake capacity of larval respiratory organs of air-breathing swamp mud eel, Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton): A morphometric study. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy B55, 5 & 6: 309-316.
Narejo, N.T. Rahmatullah, S.M. and Rashid, M.M. (2003). Reproductive biology of air breathing freshwater mud eel, Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton) from Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 50(3):395-399
Nath, S. (1985). On the food, feeding habits and alimentary canal of Glyptothorax lineatus (Day) (Siluriformes; Sisoridae) a torrential stream Teleost from Poonch Valley (Jammu and Kashmir State). Matsya. 2: 89-92.
Nath, S. (1996). Studies on the bioecology of fishes of Jammu Province (Jammu and Kashmir State) India, Part IV: Food, feeding types and morphological Adaptations of the alimentary Canal of some fishes of Jammu Province. In: Recent Advances in Fish Ecology, Limnology and Eco-conservation, Daya Publishing House, Delhi.
Nikolsky, G.V. (1963). Ecology of Fishes. Academic Press London. 352.
Quddus, M.M.A. Banerjee, A.K. Parveen, F. Ara, R. and Costa, M.P. (2000). Development of social fishery technology using small indigenous fishers of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences. 9 (2): 131-138.
Sarkar, U.K. and Deepak, P.K. (2009). The diet of clown knife fish Chitala chitala (Hamilton-Buchanan) an endangered Notopterid from different wild population (India). Electronic Journal of Ichthyology. 1:11-20
Suresh, V.R. Biswas, B.K. Vinci, G.K. and Mukherjee, A. (2006). Biology and fishery of barred spiny eel, Macrognathus pancalus (Hamilton). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 36: 31-37.
Talwar, P. K. and Jhingran, V.G. (1991). Inland Fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. Vol. 1 and 2, p.1147
Zhou, R. Cheng, H. Zhang, Q. Guo, Y. Richard, R.C. and Terrence, R.T. (2002). SRY-related genes in the genome of the rice field eel (Monopterus albus). Genetics Selection Evolution. 34(1):129–137
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Analysis of feeding behaviour and gastro-somatic index (GaSI) during different phases of breeding cycle of Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) from Meghalaya, India. (2018). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 10(4), 1187-1191. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v10i4.1907
