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Pattern of energy allocation in the southern catfish ( Silurus meridionalis )
Author(s) -
Xie X. J.,
Sun R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00321.x
Subject(s) - catfish , energy budget , biology , energy metabolism , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , body weight , specific dynamic action , ecology , zoology , endocrinology
Energy budgets were compiled for the southern catfish ( Silurus meridionalis ) under laboratory conditions at different ration size, body weights and temperatures. Though the food energy allocated among the components of the energy budget varied with changing conditions, for the fish fed maximum rations the pattern of energy allocation was independent of body weight and temperature. At the maximum ration about 60% of assimilated energy was deposited in growth and 40% spent in metabolism, indicating a higher proportion allocated to growth and a lower proportion to metabolism than is generally found in fish. This pattern of energy allocation is an energetic strategy adapted to the piscivorous lifestyle of this species.