Biology and Culture Potential of Chitala chitala

by Anisa Mitra, Pratap Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Sumit Homechaudhuri

ISBN: 9789386615503
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Imprint : Scholars World
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 4495.00
Biblio : xiii+89., figs., tabls.,

Author Profile

Dr. Anisa Mitra completed her M.Phil. in Fisheries Management from University of Calcutta and obtained her Ph.D. from Department of Zoology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, University of Calcutta. She started her career as a Lecturer (Zoology) in St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata. Presently, Dr. Mitra is working as Lecturer in Zoology, New Alipore College, University of Calcutta. Dr. Pratap Kumar Mukhopadhyay obtained Ph.D. from University of Calcutta. He was a Post doctoral fellow at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, U.K. He worked as a Senior Scientist at the International Rice Research Institute and served as FAO Consultant in Aquaculture in Kenya and Uganda. He retired as a Principal Scientist from ICAR-CIFA, Regional Centre, Rahara, Kolkata. Prof. (Dr.) Sumit Homechaudhuri (M.Phil., Ph.D.) started his career as a Lecturer in Zoology, Darjeeling Govt. College, India and subsequently became an Assistant Professor and a Reader in the erstwhile Presidency College. Presently, Dr. Homechaudhuri is working as Senior Professor in the Department of Zoology in University of Calcutta.

About The Book

The humped featherback, Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) represents an important fishery resource in different parts of South-East Asia and particularly in India. But due to overexploitation and habitat degradation this species has been categorised as endangered (EN) in the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan, 1998 and Near threatened by IUCN (2014). Therefore, large-scale farming would not only ensure the sustainable resource utilisation and biodiversity conservation, but also will help to widen the consumer’s preference for this new candidate species to diversify Indian freshwater aquaculture. For the successful culture practice the entire knowledge on the particular species is very important. Thus, we have made an effort to compile all the available information from different national and international publications with some very interesting data collected from the farmers who are presently culturing this important species to increase its production. We hope this contribution will definitely encourage the students and support the future researchers as well as the aqua culturists as a standard guide by providing all the updated research information on Chitala.

Table of Contents

"Dedication Acknowledgements Foreword Prologue Abbreviations 1. Chitala chitala, a New Candidate Species 2. Geographic Distribution and Habitat 2.1 Geographic Distribution 2.2 Habitat 3. General Description 3.1 Morphological Features 3.2 Morphometric and Meristic Characters 3.3 Size 4. Age and Growth Pattern 4.1 Length-weight Relationship 4.2 Allometric Growth Pattern During Early Ontogeny 5. Feeding Biology 5.1 Food and Feeding Habit 5.2 Histomorphology of Digestive System During Early Ontogeny 5.3 Profile of Digestive Enzyme During Early Ontogeny 5.4 Gut Microflora and Probiotic Approach for Nutritional Supplementation 6. Reproductive Biology 6.1 Age at Maturity 6.2 Sexual Dimorphism 6.3 Gonadal Maturity Structure and Breeding Periodicity 6.4 Gonadosomatic Index and Fecundity 6.5 Sex Ratio 6.6 Breeding 6.7 Parental Care 7. Developmental Biology 8. Culture Epilogue References"