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Morphometric Characters and Meristic Counts of a Fish, Garra gotyla gotyla (Gray)) from Ranjit Sagar Wetland, situated in the Himalayan foothills, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (5), Pages 66-72, May,10 (2015)

Abstract

Morphometric characters and meristic count of a fish, Garra gotyla gotyla (Gray) have been studied from Ranjit Sagar Wetland. Monthly sample collection of Garra gotyla gotyla was conducted for the study of morphometric characters and meristic counts. Eighteen characters have been studied in percentage of total fish length from which three characters were genetically controlled, thirteen characters were intermediate and two characters were environmentally controlled. Out of eighteen characters, ten characters show high values of correlation coefficient indicating that these characters are directly proportional to each other and eight characters show moderate correlation coefficient. In percentage of head length five were genetically controlled and two are intermediate. Three characters show least correlation coefficient and four shows moderate correlation. The linear relationship has been observed between dependent and independent characters. The meristric characters were counted to draw fin formula of this fish. Some variation in the count of branched and unbranched fin rays have been observed.

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