Feeding pattern of an Indian major carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) in periphyton based monoculture and polyculture earthen pond

Sandip Majumder¹ , Neha Majumdar² , Pinki Ghosh³ , Kousik Roy⁴ , Surjya Kumar Saikia⁵ , Samar Kumar Saha⁶

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.4 , pp.21-28, Aug-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v5i4.2128

Online published on Aug 31, 2018

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Abstract :
Food selection of Labeo rohita were studied in periphyton based monoculture and polyculture environment. Electivity Index was used to determine the diet selection under two different culture environments. The fish fed a range of diet. Feed study revealed that fingerlings and adults of rohu differ significantly in selection of food items. More particularly algal groups were taken predominantly during all the growth stages, however, the fish strongly rejected most of the large zooplankton and zooperiphyton during the later months. This investigation found that rohu feed on phytoplankton throughout the life even in the early stage of life. But at early stage it prefers to consume zooplankton in higher quantity and phytoplankton in less quantity, even some blue green algae is preferred throughout the ontogeny of the fish. The study revealed planktivorous nature of feeding of rohu mostly on algal food organisms from both periphytic and planktonic origin and suggests that rohu extends its feeding niche to periphyton along with plankton in substrate based system.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Periphyton, Plankton, Polyculture, Labeo rohita, Gut content, Electivity index

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