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Study of Interrelationship Between Estuarine Ornamental Fin Fishes and Mangrove Plants in Respect to their Pigmentation


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1 Department of Zoology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata - 700033, India
2 Department of Zoology, Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara - 743186, India
3 Aquaculture Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India
     

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Ornamental fish farming is a new avenue in aquaculture in recent times as there is a growing demand of marine aquarium trade in the international market. Sundarbans is designated as the world's most potential nursery ground for fish juveniles. Carotenoids are the kind of pigment responsible for bright colouration of animals with potent antioxidant property. Like other animals, fishes are unable to synthesize carotenoids within their own body. Thus they depend on the dietary sources. Leaves of mangrove plants being rich in nutrients are great dietary supports for the estuarine fishes. Similarity in the distribution of different types of carotenoid pigments were found among the estuarine ornamental fishes and mangrove plants which focuses light on the association, dependency of estuarine fishes and mangrove plants. In the present study 67 ornamental finfish species were recorded from the mangrove zone of Indian Sundarbans.
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Authors

Banani Mandal
Department of Zoology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata - 700033, India
Arunava Mukherjee
Department of Zoology, Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara - 743186, India
Samir Banerjee
Aquaculture Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India

Abstract


Ornamental fish farming is a new avenue in aquaculture in recent times as there is a growing demand of marine aquarium trade in the international market. Sundarbans is designated as the world's most potential nursery ground for fish juveniles. Carotenoids are the kind of pigment responsible for bright colouration of animals with potent antioxidant property. Like other animals, fishes are unable to synthesize carotenoids within their own body. Thus they depend on the dietary sources. Leaves of mangrove plants being rich in nutrients are great dietary supports for the estuarine fishes. Similarity in the distribution of different types of carotenoid pigments were found among the estuarine ornamental fishes and mangrove plants which focuses light on the association, dependency of estuarine fishes and mangrove plants. In the present study 67 ornamental finfish species were recorded from the mangrove zone of Indian Sundarbans.