SOME ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF MYSTUS VITTATUS (BLOCH 1794) FROM THE MOURI RIVER, KHULNA, BANGLADESH

A.M. Hasnein Bin  Tareque; Bhabananda  Biswas; Md. Obaydur  Rahman

doi:10.53808/KUS.2008.9.1.0801-L

Authors

A.M. Hasnein Bin Tareque Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Bhabananda Biswas Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Md. Obaydur Rahman Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2008.9.1.0801-L

Keywords:

Mouri river, striped dwarf catfish, Mystus vittatus, length-weight relation, condition factor, fecundity

Abstract

Length–weight relationship, condition factor (K), relative condition factor (K_n), fecundity and egg diameter of Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794) were estimated from 120 individuals collected from the Mouri river of Khulna district, Bangladesh during 7^th August to 25^th October 2006. The total length (L_T) ranged from 7.2 cm (body weight (W) 6.9 g) to 13.4 cm (W=24.2 g) for male and 12.1 cm (W=14.39 g) to 13.6 cm (W=23.29 g) for female. The logarithmic relationship of L_T-W and L_S-W were strongly positive as estimated , and , . The mean K and K_n varied from 7.24 to 18.49 and 0.44 to 25.81 respectively. The relationship of L_T-K was not statistically significant (,) whereas that of L_T-K_n produced negative correlation (,). The mean bilobed gonad weight (W_G) was 1.41±0.738 g where the left lobe was 0.718±0.375 g and that the right lobe was 0.697 ± 0.367 g. The highest mean egg diameter was 8.75 µm in the left lobe between 13.5 and 13.9 L_T and the lowest was 8.15 µm between 13.0 and 13.4. The highest mean egg diameter was 8.27 µm in the right lobe and the lowest was 7.83 µm. The fecundity (F) M. vittatus varied from minimum 1440 to the maximum 5811. The relationship of L_T and W_G was positively significant () and the L_T-F relationship was also significant (). However, the relation of L_S and F was highly significant (r²=0.79).

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