Feeding habits of Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) in the northern region of the Persian Gulf
Feeding habits of Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) was investigated in coastal waters of the Northern Persian Gulf. This investigation was conducted by monthly sampling of thirty fish from September 2011 through August 2012. Fish size ranged from 17.98 ± 2.07 to 32.31 ± 6.52 cm in total le...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Guilan
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_200.html |
| Summary: | Feeding habits of Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) was investigated in coastal waters of the Northern
Persian Gulf. This investigation was conducted by monthly sampling of thirty fish from September 2011
through August 2012. Fish size ranged from 17.98 ± 2.07 to 32.31 ± 6.52 cm in total length and from 134.01 ±
45.62 to 720.46 ± 292.58 g in weight. The highest value of gastro-somatic index was obtained in September (5.22
± 0.04) and the lowest in December (1.61 ± 0.03) with annual average of 2.50 ± 0.60. The result of gastro-somatic
index revealed that the highest feeding activity of A. latus was during autumn. The highest level of vacuity
index was observed in summer (34.95 ± 4.71) and the lowest in autumn (25.88 ± 2.71) indicating that the highest number of empty stomachs was in summer. Annual average of vacuity index was 30.14 ± 5.72 exhibiting
that A. latus was comparatively gluttonous in the Northern Persian Gulf. Bivalves and shrimps were the major
food items found in the stomach of A. latus showing food preference indices of 45.86% and 30.67%, respectively. Other food items included crabs (12.66%), aquatic plants (4.05%), animal derivatives (4.52%) and gastropods (2.23%). According to the results, animal derivatives, aquatic plants and gastropods were eaten accidentally and were not the food items of A. latus in coastal waters of Hormozgan. The average relative length
of gut was 1.41 ± 0.15 showing that A. latus was omnivorous in this region. |
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| ISSN: | 1735-3033 1735-3866 |