Studies on fecundity of snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray) from the lotic bodies of Rajouri district (J&K).

The present work embodies studies on the reproductive capacity of Snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii collected from various streams of Rajouri district (J&K). About 50 fishes, ranging from 21.0 to 32.9 cm of total length, were put to the study of fecundity in relation to Fish length, Fish weight, Ovary length, Ovary weight and Ova diameter. The other aspects studied include relationship between Fish length and Ovary length, Ovary weight and Ova diameter. All the parameters were put to regression analysis. The higher values of correlation coefficient (re”0.9) in all the studied parameters indicated a strong correlation between them. However, the relationship between Fecundity and Fish length came out to be the highest indicating the dependence of Fecundity more on the length of fish body than other parameters.