Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Artificial spawning by stripping in Dussumieria acuta, a marine pelagic fish and studies on its early development.

Volume 41 Issue 1&2

P. N. Radhakrishnan Nair

Abstract

Artificial spawning was successfully conducted in Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes (Family: Dussumieriidae), a marine pelagic fish, by stripping the fully ripe female and male. The experiment   was conducted on board a privately owned shrimp trawler operated in the Palk Bay, by participating in one of its night fishing trips, on 2nd March, 1973. The stripped eggs and milt were mixed in filtered sea water. Majority of the eggs were fertilized. Detailed microscopic studies were conducted the next day in the laboratory. The first larva hatched out 24 hours after fertilization. The larvae could be reared only upto 48 hours after hatching. The developmental stages of the embryo and the larva are described and discussed. It is suggested that the technique of artificial spawning by stripping and early ranching of the embryos into the sea, if arried out by the fishermen in a variety of commercially important species which it is possible on rd the fishing vessels on a large scale, can increse the natural production.

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Date : 30-12-1999