Studies on the Food and Feeding Habits of Chelon Planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836) from Hooghly-matlah Estuary, West Bengal

By : Soumendra Pramanick , Sudhir Kumar Das , Dibakar Bhakta , Canciyal Johnson

Page No: 259-265

Abstract
Food and feeding habits of Chelon planiceps was estimated for 232 fishes collected from Kakdweep and Diamond harbor local fish markets and were subjected into analysis for the period of December, 2005 to July, 2006. Such fishes were procured from different areas of Sunderban delta of 24- Paraganas district (S). The results of the study indicated Chelon planiceps feed on a wide variety of food items. The highest food item found was detritus (34%), followed by algae (33%), sand and mud (11%), diatom (9%), zooplankton (7%) and miscellaneous items (6%). The feeding intensity was quite high during the winter and autumn seasons. Gastro Somatic Index (GaSI) of male Chelon planiceps was high in March (5.803) and low in December (3.328), but in the case of female the GaSI was high in April (6.217) and low in July (2.848). The findings obtained from this study would be helpful to promote fisheries of the species in the locality

Authors :
Soumendra Pramanick and Sudhir Kumar Das
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, WBUAFS, Chakgaria, Kolkata-700 094.

Dibakar Bhakta
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Center, B-12, Hans Society, Harney Road, Vadodara-390 022, Gujarat, India.

Canciyal Johnson
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Monirampore, Kolkata-700 120, West Bengal, India.
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2019.34.3-4.12