Journal of Fisheries

Journal of Fisheries

A study on some morphological characteristics of common Kilka, Clupeonella cultriventris, during final stage of gonadal development

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Abdolsamad Keramat Amir Kalayi 1
Ghasem Karimzadeh 2
1 Sari Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Animal Science and Fisheries, Sari, Iran
2 Deputy of Fishery and Fishery Ports, Mazandaran Province Fisheries Administration, Babolsar, Iran
10.22059/jfisheries.2013.35467
Abstract
A larger proportion of energy intake for reproduction and also low food availability may
decrease the growth rate of other organs during the late stage of the gonadal development. The
main goal of this study is to examine the biological characteristics and organs growth pattern in
Clupeonella cultriventris during the late stages of gonad development. Samples were collected
by capturing 300-350 Kilka from a fishery area between Sari and Mahmod-Abad, every 2-3
weeks over October 2008 to April 2009. The length parameters such as fork length, stomach
and intestine length and weight parameters such as fish weight, intestine weight and ovary
weight were measured. The results showed that the slope of regression between weight and
length for females increases At the beginning of sampling period, ovary was quit small, but
grew up fast by the beginning of the reproduction and constituted a large part of the female
body. The stomach and intestine grew faster than fish length over the study period. A reduction
in length-growth of females indicates that greater energy was allocated to gonadal development
by the end of reproduction. However, the gastro-intestinal growth pattern did not correlate with
fish length, but showed faster growth.
Keywords
common kilka
growth intestine
Morphology
reproduction
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