Spawning Latency Period in Hormonal Induced Reproduction of Snow trout (Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii, 1897))

Abdolali Rahdari, Ahmad Gharaei, Mostafa Ghaffari
2014 Iranian Journal of Biotechnology  
Schizothorax zarudnyi is one of the endemic and economical species in southeastern of Iran. In order to study the morphometric and meristic characteristics of this species, a total number of 89 specimens (including 25 female and 64 male), ranging from 14.70-32 cm total length and 101.91-176.28 g body weight, were captured from Chahnimeh water reservoirs in Sistan-Iran. The results showed that all morphometric data were not significantly different in both sexes (P>0.05). Based on meristic data,
more » ... he fin formula can be written as D. IV 8, A. III 5, P. 18, V. 9 and Ll. 96-115. The length-weight relationship in both sexes (female and male), relative length of gut (RLG) and condition factor (K) for the species are y = 0.0118x , y = 0.0035x , 1.71 and 1.09±0.03, 3.2177 3.3349 respectively. These results suggest that the species has allometric growth and characterized as an omnivore in good condition. These finding may provide useful information for the conservation and fishery management in Hamoon International Wetland in future.
doi:10.5812/ijb.10268 fatcat:o4aih44hprhy7pscfey66qwv3i