Jayanta Kumar Nath

• Master of Science
• Assistant Professor at Suren Das College

The Deocata Pipefish Microphis deocata, is the sole freshwater syngnathid found in the Himalayan range. This species is categorised as ‘Near Threatened’ by the IUCN Red List and is also listed as a Schedule I species under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. This species is highly sought after in the ornamental fish trade due to its attractive col...

The north-eastern region of India harbours considerable ISF (indigenous small fish) diversity bearing good nutritional and ornamental features. Locals of this region have been consuming ISFs from time immemorial, yet there is still a void in research on the nutritional and aquacultural aspects of ISF. Indigenous small fish species are considered as...

Captive breeding programmes are significant in reducing pressure on declining wild stocks, besides generating useful data on incubation period, hatching success, larval feeding, growth and weaning stages including free-swimming larval development stages (Celik & Cirik, 2020; De Silva, 2012; Diana, 2009; Fleming, 1994). Pethia shalynius is a freshwa...

The present study provides the first detailed early embryonic development of the Shalyni barb, Pethia shalynius (Yazdani & Talukdar, 1975), a vulnerable cyprinid fish occurring in streams and lentic waters of Meghalaya, northeast India. Induced spawning by synthetic hormone injection in May 2019 was conducted to a pair of mature female and male P....

Fish is a very integral part of the aquaculture which provides us with food, the economy as well as livelihood development but the fish disease is a frequent cause of significant losses in aquaculture, adequate fish health management and biosecurity are essential to the sector’s resilience. The bacterial fish disease is a serious problem due to its...