Fishery and biology of Priacanthus hamrur(Forsskal) along the Indian coast
2001
Fishery trend of bull's eye (Family:Priacanthidae) along the Indian coast and some biological aspects of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal) off Cochin are pre sented in this paper. Coastwise, the resource is landed more in the west coast from a depth range of 20-150m than the east coast, from a depth range of 1080m. Seasonally, priacanthids were abundant during October-March along the north west coast and during December - March and August-October along the south west coast. P. hamrur prefers pelagic crustaceans followed by fishes and smaller molluscs as food.lt appears to breed mainly during April-July, shedding two batches of ova. Gonado -somatic indices showed peak values during June in both sexes. Size at maturity of males and females were 181- 190mm and 191200mm respectively. Chi -square test indicated females to dominate the popula tion. Fecundity ranged between 1,55,800 and 7,22,313. The V value in the length -weight relationship of the two sexes was statistically significant at 5% level.
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