Successful breeding of an endemic murrel, Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn, 2000 with a habitat manipulation practice

Lakhi Prasad Hazarika, Bikrama

Abstract

Endemic murrel Channa aurantimaculata, of North-eastern India, were acclimatized in the controlled cemented cistern after 120 days and breeding has been getting done without any stimulation. Acclimatization response was excellent and their growth and survival rate was found to be very encouraging. The observations will help for explaining the culture potentiality and conservation of this data deficient near threatened murrel species and grown for their ornamental importance can be cultured successfully and hence imports of a wide range of popular wildcaught tropical fish could be restricted

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