Reduced cannibalistic behavior of African catfish, clarias gariepinus, larvae under dark and dim conditions

• Main Authors: Mukai, Yukinori, Sanudin, Noorsyarinah, Firdaus, Rian Freddie, Saad, Shahbudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zoological Society of Japan 2013
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/30384/1/zoological_science_2013_catfish.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30384/; http://www.bioone.org/loi/jzoo; http://dx.doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.421

In general, African catfish shows higher survival rates in the dark conditions than in the light conditions. In this study, larval behavior of African catfish was observed under 0, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 lx using a CCD camera to investigate the reason why African catfish larvae show higher sur...