Anikuttan, K K and Jayakumar, R and Nazar, A K A and Tamilmani, G and Sakthivel, M and Ramesh Kumar, P and Sankar, M and Rao, G Hanumanta and Thomas, Tinto and Krishnaveni, N (2020) Marine Ornamental fish seed production. In: Course Manual on Marine Fisheries & Mariculture Prepared for the Training programme for B.F.Sc students of Central Agricultural University (CAU), Tripura. CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 24/2020 (24). ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam, pp. 68-74.
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Abstract
The ornamental fish trade is a multi- billion dollar industry and it is estimated that globally around 1.5 -2 million people keep aquaria. Over 46,000,000 organisms representing 2500 species are traded annually with a value exceeding US$ 300,000,000. Philippines and Indonesia supply the majority of livestock, with most specimens being consumed by the USA, Europe, and Japan (Calado et al., 2017). Among the most commonly traded families of fish Pomacentridae dominate accounting for 43% of all fish traded. They are followed by species belonging to Pomacanthidae (8%), Acanthuridae (8%), Labridae (6%) Gobiidae (5%), Chaetodontidae (4%), Callionymidae(3%), Microdesmidae (2%), Serranidae (2%) and Blennidae (2%).
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ornamental fish |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture > Ornamental Fishes |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Prashanth P K |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2021 06:21 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2021 06:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/15051 |
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