The following points highlight the seventeen main types of fresh water edible fishes found in India. The types are: 1. Labeo Rohita 2. Labeo gonius 3. Catla Catla 4. Cirrhinus mrigala 5. Wallago attu 6. Mystus seenghala 7. Heteropneustes fossilis 8. Clarias Batrachus 9. Channa punctatus 10. Channa Striatus 11. Channa marulius 12. Channa gachua 13. Anabas testudineus 14. Notopterus chitala [...]
In this article we will discuss about Fishery:- 1. Meaning of Fishery 2. Research Institutes of Fishery 3. Why Culture Fishes 4. Types 5. Exclusive Economic Zone. Meaning of Fishery: The term 'fishery' ordinarily means culture and propagation of edible and marketable fishes. This definition, however, should be restricted to pisciculture. Fishery is a vast domain. In a broader sense [...]
In this article we will discuss about the culture of air-breathing fishes. Air-breathing fishes are characterised by the possession of an accessory respiratory organ. This organ enables the fishes to remain for hours out of water or for indefinite period in oxygen poor waters and even in moist mud. They are extremely hardy with respect to all environmental parameters and [...]