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Effectiveness of Natural Carotenoids and Coloured Chemical Analogue on Growth and Colouration in Red Molly, Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)


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1 Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata-700033, India
2 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata-7000118, India
3 Ashutosh College, 92, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700026, India
     

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Bright colouration is one of the important quality attributes of the ornamental fish for consumer acceptability. Supplementation of feed enriched with turmeric powder expressed better growth and colouration in Red Molly, Poecilia latipinna. Reproductive fitness was observed morphologically in the batch of red molly where turmeric powder was used as feed additive. Turmeric powder produced after boiling and sun drying showed better overall results than shade dried non boiled version due to its smooth texture, and apparently increased its acceptability to the fishes. Red molly fish batch which received metanil yellow as synthetic pigment expressed some kind of morphological abnormality.

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Colouration, Red Molly, Turmeric Powder, Sun and Shade Drying, Metanil Yellow.
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Authors

Banani Mandal
Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata-700033, India
Arunava Mukherjee
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata-7000118, India
Arundhati Ganguly
Ashutosh College, 92, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700026, India

Abstract


Bright colouration is one of the important quality attributes of the ornamental fish for consumer acceptability. Supplementation of feed enriched with turmeric powder expressed better growth and colouration in Red Molly, Poecilia latipinna. Reproductive fitness was observed morphologically in the batch of red molly where turmeric powder was used as feed additive. Turmeric powder produced after boiling and sun drying showed better overall results than shade dried non boiled version due to its smooth texture, and apparently increased its acceptability to the fishes. Red molly fish batch which received metanil yellow as synthetic pigment expressed some kind of morphological abnormality.

Keywords


Colouration, Red Molly, Turmeric Powder, Sun and Shade Drying, Metanil Yellow.

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