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Indian Journal of Biology

Volume  5, Issue 1, January-June 2018, Pages 44-52
 

Original Article

Morphometric, Meristic and Comparative Studies of Mystus Three Species (Family: Bagridae) from Two Different Habitats of Andhra Pradesh, India

Satyanarayana Murthy CH.V.*, T. Baby Ratnakumari**

*Research Scholar **Professor, Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530003, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijb.2394.1391.5118.7

Abstract

The present study concerned with three Mystus species, Mystusvittatus, Mystusgulio, Mystuscavasius. Mystus species are small indigenous fresh water fishes with high nutritional value. Morphology of fishes has been the primary source of information for taxonomic and evolutionary studies. In the present study total 16 morphometric external characters were analysed and the correlation of body parts with total length and head length were analysed. The differences in morphometric characters is due to geographical and environmental variations are also observed. The mean value of the meristic counts are also studied in three species.


Keywords: Mystusvittatus; Mystusgulio; Mystuscavasius; Morphometric Characters; Meristic Counts.



Corresponding Author : Satyanarayana Murthy CH.V., Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530003, India.