Breeding of indigenous ornamental fishes- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish

摘要

One of the desirable qualities that an ornamental fish should possess is that it should be able to breed underudcaptive conditions. Collection of fish from its natural resources alone will not help in the sustainability of the industry.udIf we take a look at the ornamental fish industry of India, it can be seen that all ornamental fish being marketed in Indiaudare exotic fishes. The most popular gold fish is from China. The queen of ornamental fish –angel- is from RiverudAmazon of Brazil. The much demanding liver bearers are also from South America. Whereas the export market ofudornamental fish is mainly dominated by indigenous fishes of India. These are always collected from the wild andudexported. This leads to the indiscriminate over exploitation of many species and hence they become endangered.udHere arises the necessity of captive breeding.