M. Nazrul Islam
Fisheries Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology,
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Shahanaz Parvin
Fisheries Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology,
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Firoz Hyder
Fisheries Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology,
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Fawzia Adib Flowra
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Abdullah-Al- Masud
Department of Zoology, Haraganga Government College, Munshiganj, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The food and feeding habit of the juvenile Channa punctatus (Bloch) have been carried out from a semi-closed water body during the month of Dec. to Mar. The present study revealed that the average percentage occurrence of the food items of juvenile C. punctatus was crustaceans (10.38%), insects (16.87%), molluscs (14.27%), fishes (34.73%), plant materials (10.58%) and semi-digested food materials (13.16%). The present investigation also revealed that the juvenile of C. punctatus is carnivorous in feeding habit, mainly fed on the animal food (76.25% of the total consumption) viz., crustaceans, insects, molluscs and fishes.
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M. Nazrul Islam, Shahanaz Parvin, Firoz Hyder, Fawzia Adib Flowra and Abdullah-Al- Masud, 2004. Food and Feeding Habit of Juvenile Channa punctatus (Bloch) from a Semi-closed
Water Body in Chalan Beel Floodplain, Bangladesh. Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 352-356.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.352.356
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.352.356
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.352.356
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.352.356
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