Morphology of the diet in the gut of threatened yellow catfish Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther 1864) at two life stages

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Prasad, G ^a   Anvar Ali, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Euryphagous; Omnivore; Ontogenic diet shift; Threatened yellow catfish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DIET; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; HORABAGRUS BRACHYSOMA; PELTEOBAGRUS FULVIDRACO; SILURIDAE;

EID: 55549106125     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-007-9198-6     Document Type: Article

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