Successful Induced Breeding of a Bagrid Catfish, Mystus Dibrugarensis in Captive Condition

Captive Breeding of Birds

Induced Breeding of Giant Catfish, Sperata seenghala using Hormonal Analogues

Received: Revised: Accepted: May 18, 2014 May 23, 2014 May 28, 2014 The study has been designed for the induced breeding of Giant Catfish, Sperata seenghala using hormonal analogues at Aquaculture and Fisheries Program, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad. The different hormonal analogues used in this study were ovaprim, HcG, LHRH and ovatide. The dose of ovaprim was 0.5 ml/kg 1b.w...

Olyra saginata, a new species of bagrid catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from northeastern India.

Olyra saginata, new species, is described from the Kaladan [=Kolodyne] River system in Mizoram, northeast India. It differs from congeners in having the following unique combination of characters: interorbital distance 27.9-35.9% HL; 54-66 lateral-line pores; body depth at anus 10.5-12.0% SL; length of adipose-fin base 17.3-22.4% SL; adipose fin separate from upper principal caudal-fin rays; po...

Captive Breeding and Gene Banks

Today, our planet is in a state of crisis and many of its natural resources have been destroyed by human activities. One of the principle aims of conservation biology is to promote concrete management programs to limit any further increase in the number of extinct and threatened species and ecosystems. Different approaches may be followed to maintain the world’s biodiversity: the in situ approa...

Captive breeding of Dipsochelys giant tortoises

The Seychelles Giant Tortoise Conservation Project captive breeding programme for the Seychelles tortoises Dipsochelys arnoldi and D. hololissa is described. Successful hatching occurred in 2002 and the reasons for this success discussed. Important factors are enclosure design, social structure and the use of artificial incubation. Methods for sexing hatchlings are discussed. There may be great...