UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Zoology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Application Oriented Subject I - Pisciculture & Aquarium Fish Keeping I

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Scope of fishery, Morphology of a teleost fish, Morphology, general Anatomy, Digestive system, Immune organs, endocrine glands.

Unit II

Reproductive system, Breeding and Spawning, Maturity stages (Morphological and Histological), Development, Collection of fish seeds.

Unit III

Binomics of Indian Major Carps. Bionomics of Live fishes, Bionomics of Exotic carps.

Unit IV

Taxonomy & Classification of Major Carps, Live fishes & Exotic fishes. Types cultivable organisms under Aquaculture.

Unit V

Age determination, Schooling in fish, Spawning migration, Mass mortality in fishes and control measures, Common fish diseases and control, Fish parasites, Fresh water fish food organisms.

REFERENCE:

1. Jhingran, V.G., 1985. Fish and Fisheries of India, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 666 pp.

2. Trivedi, K.K. (Ed), 1986. Fisheries Development, 2000 AD. Association of India Fisheris Industries, Oxford and LB.H., New Delhi, 268 pp

3. Bal, D.V. and K.V. Rao, 1984. Marine Fisheries, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. 470 pp

4. Bardah, Ryther and MoLarrey, 1972. Aquaculture, John Wiley, New York, 868 pp

5. Shapherd and Bromage, 1988. Intensive,Ship Farming, BSP Professional Books, London, 404 pp

6. David Cushing, 1979. Fisheries Resources of the Sea and their Managements, OUP & ELBS Edition, London,87 pp.

7. Mills, Dick, 1993. Aquarium Fish, DK Publishing Inc., New York - 100 016.

8. Spotte, S., 1991. Captive Seawater fishes, Argent chemical Laboratories Reference Library, Seattle WA, USA.