International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences

Volume (5) - Issue (3), 2020 pp 131-138

Title

 Comparative analysis of age and growth of fresh water fishes (Labeo rohita, Cirrhinu mrigala and Puntius ticto)

Author

Sunita Panda, Soumen Mohanty and Pradip Kumar Prusty

Abstract

Age and growth study provide detail information on the life history, ecology of fish and habitat which is important to manage the water body for fish production and optimize of harvestable size. Scale based age and growth of Indian major crap (Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala and Puntius ticto) was studied. There is no significance occurs in between the species. Such study is helpful in describing the present status of fish population along with the future course of the fishery. 

Keywords

Age determination, Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala, Puntius ticto.

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Article History

Received on 24/02/2020, Accepted on 25/03/2020, Published on 27/05/2020