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- CERTIFICATE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- PART I: SYSTEMATICS AND BIOMETRICS
- PRISTOLEPIS MALABARICUS (GUNTHER)
- I. SYSTEMATICS
- Introduction
- Family Characters of Nandidae
- Distribution of the members of the Family Nandidae
- Chief Characters
- Pristolepis malabaricus (Gunther)
- Description of the species
- The male
- The female
- Fins
- Gill rakers
- Scales
- Chromatophores concentrated
- Chromatophores dispersed
- Lateral line system
- Colouration
- II. ALLOMETRIC STUDY
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- RESULTS
- Comparison of growth patterns
- 1. Morphometric characters in relation to standard length
- Morphometric characters in relation to head length
- DISCUSSION
- III. CONDITION FACTOR
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
- IV. LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND MFXHODS
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
- PART II: FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY
- I. THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- THE AXIAL SKELETON
- THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON
- DISCUSSION
- II. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- III. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- STRUCTURE OF THE HEART
- DISCUSSION
- IV. THE BRAIN
- INTRODUCTION
- NATWIAL AND HETHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- V. THE SENSE ORGANS
- THE EYE
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- THE EAR
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIA.L AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- THE OLFACTORY ORGAN
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- VI. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- VII. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- INTRA OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE OVUM
- DISCUSSION
- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- DISCUSSION
- PART III: ECOLOGY
- PART III: ECOLOGY
- CHAPTER I: THE HYDROGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ACHENCOVIL RIVER AT MAVELIKARA (KERALA, INDIA)
- INTRODUCTION
- I. THE HYDROGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ACHENCOVIL RIVER AT MAVELIKARA (KERALA, INDIA)
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- CHAPTER II: BREEDING BIOLOGY
- INTRODUCTION
- II. BREEDING BIOLOGY
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- MATERIAL AND METHODS
- OBSERVATIONS
- OBSERVATIONS
- DISCUSSION
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- PLATES