An Overview of Biology And Culture Potentials of Humped Featherback Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) – A New Candidate for Aquaculture Diversification. Issue 3 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitra, Anisa; Mukhopadhyay, Pratap Kumar; Homechaudhuri, Sumit
• Is Part Of: Reviews in fisheries science & aquaculture. Volume 26:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 371
• Page End: 380
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Breeding biology -- Chitala chitala -- culture -- developmental biology -- feeding biology -- morphology; Fisheries -- Research -- Periodicals; 639.205
• DOI: 10.1080/23308249.2018.1437118
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2330-8249

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The humped featherback, Chitala chitala, a member of the primitive teleost lineage, is also a commercially important food, sport, aquarium and highly priced cultivable fish. It represents an appreciated fishery resource in Southeast Asia, particularly in India. Due to habitat degradation and overexploitation of natural populations, this species has been categorized as endangered (EN). Hence, large-scale farming of this new candidate species would ensure effective resource utilization, biodiversity conservation and widening the choice of the consumer by freshwater aquaculture diversification in India and South East Asia. The successful rearing of a species depends on adequate knowledge of its different biological attributes. This review is a consolidated report on the morphological characteristics, feeding habits, reproductive biology, early developmental ontogeny, and culture of humped featherbacks and explores the scope for future research to improve its present culture techniques.