The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, Poecilia reticulata
| Autor: | Marco Polo Franco Archundia, Elsah Arce Uribe, Jorge Luna-Figueroa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
biology business.industry Panagrellus redivivus Captivity Zoology Aquatic animal Live food 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Guppy Moina 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Poecilia Aquaculture 040102 fisheries 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries business |
| Zdroj: | Agricultural Sciences. :171-179 |
| ISSN: | 2156-8561 2156-8553 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/as.2018.92013 |
| Popis: | Colour production in fish is due mostly to food. In conditions of captivity, the type of food is restricted, while various types of food are used in aquaculture, from processed dry food to small aquatic animals. In this study, we used nauplii of Artemia franciscana, “water fleas” Moina wierzejski, micro-worm Panagrellus redivivus, and commercial flakes. We used Poecilia reticulata, which is one of the most traded fish in ornamental aquaculture and hypothesise that if the live food influences the coloration and growth of P. reticulata, there must be differences in the intensity of colour pattern and growth rate in fish fed with different living animals. Consistent with our prediction, females and males of P. reticulata were more colourful when they were fed on A. franciscana, P. redivivus and M. wierzejski than when they were fed commercial flakes. Females and males of P. reticulata fed with A. franciscana grew in less time than fish fed with P. redivivus, M. wierzejski, or commercial flakes. We conclude that live food is an excellent way to affect growth and coloration in fish. |
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