Food and Feeding Habits of Glossogobius giuris in Chalakudy River, Southern Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • Roshni K  School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India
  • Renjithkumar C.R  School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India
  • Madhusoodhana Kurup  Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Panangad, Cochin, Kerala, India

Keywords:

Glossogobius giuris, goby, Chalakudy River, feeding habit, carnivore

Abstract

Study on the food and feeding habits is important in the management and life cycle analysis of fishes. Glossogobius giuris, an important food fish, supports a good fishery in the downstream part of Chalakudy River- a global biodiversity hotspot. Even though it is basically an estuarine fish, it occurs quite frequently in fresh waters too. Analysis of gut content of fishes is the best and most direct way of investigating their food habits. The food and feeding habits of this fish have been closely followed for one year. The fish samples were collected monthly from Chalakudy River using gill nets. It is observed that the feeding profile of the fish includes teleost fishes, crustaceans, molluscus, semi digested particles, insects, algae and miscellaneous items. The present investigation of the food and feeding habits of G. giuris reveals that it is a carnivorous, predatory and bottom feeding fish showing cannibalism.

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Roshni K, Renjithkumar C.R, Madhusoodhana Kurup, " Food and Feeding Habits of Glossogobius giuris in Chalakudy River, Southern Western Ghats, India, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.321-325, July-August-2015.