Comparative morphometric, meristic and osteological studies on adult and young hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha).
Journal Title: International Journal of Biological Innovations - Year 2023, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Tenualosa ilisha (matured/adult) and jatka (immature/young), locally known as Ilish, is designated as the national fish of Bangladesh. Both the stages were collected from different fish markets from Savar, Bangladesh during the exploration. This study was carried out on comparative morphometric, meristic and osteology between the Tenualosa ilisha (matured) and jatka (immature/young). The morphometric characteristics were higher in matured Tenualosa ilisha than immature jatka and among them head length, pre-dorsal length, postorbital length, the height of anal fin, eye diameter length, and abdominal region length were found significantly different. The proportion of standard length and snout length, head length and snout length, abdominal region length and standard length were significantly different between the two stages. Among the meristic characteristics; number of dorsal fin rays, anal fin rays and scales on the lateral line were found with little differences between matured hilsa and jatka. There are very small differences in the number of scales, scutes and fin rays of different fins between the two stages of fishes. The osteological comparison reveals more or less identical structure. Most of the bones of the skull were similar in structure but differed in size, shape and thickness.
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Md. Monuar Hosen Talukder, Majedul Hoque and Ismot Ara
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