Hard Anatomy and Morphometry of Hill Stream Fish [Channa punctatus (Bloch.)]

Authors

  • Shabnam Department of Fisheries, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062
  • Rani Dhanze Department of Fisheries, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062
  • Samiksha Department of Fisheries, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062

Keywords:

Osteology, Morphometry, Hill Stream, Vertebra, Systematic.

Abstract

Channa punctatus is a genus of the Channidae family of snakehead fish. The study on the cranial osteology showed that the bones of the skull were firmly articulated. The skull was well ossified, compact and had massive structure. The ethmoid was a bowl shaped bone, lachrymal was oval, quite prominent and suborbitals were three in number. Sphenotic was present along the ventral border of the frontal and had no attachment with the parietal. Epiotic lamellae were large. Each exoccipital enclosed a single foramen magnum. Dentary and premaxilla bear teeth. Endopterygoid had attachment with the quadrate. Angular provided attachment to the maxilla. The statistical data in respect to 14 morphometric characters exhibited a linear relationship among all the morphometric characters except body weight.

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Published

2014-06-01

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Shabnam, ., Dhanze, R., & Samiksha, . (2014). Hard Anatomy and Morphometry of Hill Stream Fish [<I>Channa punctatus</I> (Bloch.)]. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, 40(1), 73–78. Retrieved from https://hjar.org/index.php/hjar/article/view/118512

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