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A New Technique for Incubating Small Batches of African Catfish Eggs
Author(s) -
Mansour N.,
Lahnsteiner F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
north american journal of aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1548-8454
pISSN - 1522-2055
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8454(2003)65<155:antfis>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - catfish , clarias gariepinus , hatching , biology , fishery , zoology , veterinary medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine
The paper describes a new method for hatching small batches of African catfish Clarias gariepinus eggs using mesh tea balls that is easy and reliable. When 0.25‐g egg samples were incubated in tea balls, the hatching rate was similar to that of 1‐g samples hatched in zuger jars.