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Uterovesiculurus hamati Guschanskaja 1954, Thirty four species of nymphalid butterflies were
Thaparotrema vittalant Gupta 1954, and identified from a collection of 722 specimens from
Hypohepaticola callionymi Yamaguti 1934; two a three year sampling programme from July 1999
cestodes: Nybelinia lingualis Cuvier 1817 and to June 2002, in some forest areas of Chiltagong
Parachristianella trygonis (Plerocercus) Dollfus and Cox's Bazar districts of Bangladesh. The
1946; two nematodes: Dujardinascaris larva foraging, pollinating, mating and egg laying
Baylis 1947, Heterotyphylum cheni Hsii, 1957 and behaviour of these identified species were noted
one Acantoocephala, Neorgadinorhynchus down during the collection. Butterfly abundance
aspinosum Yamaguti 1939 from the buccal cavity, and the phenology of the associated plants in the
oesophagus, stomach, intestine, caecum, liver, sampled areas are included. Species specific
body cavity of the host fish. relationships between plants and butterflies are
also listed.
198 MAHMOOD, S.U. (Dept. of Zoology,
Dhaka University, Dhaka). EFFECTS OF 200 NARGIS, A. (BCSIR Laboratories,
DIFFERENT FEEDS ON THE LARVAL Rajshahi). SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE
REARING OF PABDA. OMPOK PABDA. Bang. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BODY FLESH
J. Zool., 2006, 34 (1), 133-139. OF KOI FISH ANABAS TESTUDINEUS
(BLOCH) (ANABANTIDAE : PERCIFORMES)
The suitability of different feeds for the larval Bang. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 2006, 41 (3 & 4), 219-226.
rearing of pabda, Ompok pabda was investigated.
A completely randomized design (CRD) with four Protein, carbohydrate, fat, ash and moisture
treatments, each with three replications, was contents in the body muscle Anabas testudineus
followed. Four different feeds were tested. The (Bloch) were investigated. The compositions
feeds were assigned to different treatments as: varied seasonally in relation to reproductive cycle
Artemia nauplii (T 1), tubificid worms (T2), rotifer of the fish. Significant correlation existed between
powder (T 3) and zooplankton (T 4). The experiment moisture and carbohydrate, moisture and fat,
was continued for a period of 28 days. Induced moisture and protein, moisture and ash, protein and
breeding larvae (four-day old) were used in the ash, fat and carbohydrate, fat and ash, protein and
experiment. The water quality variables, such as carbohydrate. The protein content found to be
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temperature (28.0 ± 1.0 e), dissolved oxygen (5.40 higher in medium sized fishes and gradually
± 0.70 to 5.80 ± 0.90 ppm). pH (7.00 ± 0.60 to 7.40 decreased with the increase of age. Fat content was
± 0.50), total hardness (114 ± 5.00 to 116 ± 6.00), higher in large-sized male than that of the females.
free ammonia (0.021 ± 0.001 to 0.025 ± 0.001), Carbohydrate content was slightly higher in male
etc., were found within the acceptable limit of than the female.
larval rearing. The larvae fed with tubificid worms
had significantly (p < 0.05) highest growth (per 201 UDDIN, M.A.; CHOWDHURY, M.A.Z.;
cent length gain 235.80 ± 2.09. per cent weight RAHMAN, M.M.; RAHMAN, M.S. (Institute of
gain 2025.10 ± 17.82, specific growth rate 13.55 ± Food and Radiation Biology, Atomic Energy
0.01) and survival (65.0 ± 2.0%), followed by Research Establishment, Savar, Dhaka) &
Artemia nauplii. zooplankton and rotifer powder. MAHMUD, A.A. (Dept. of Zoology, Dhaka
Finely chopped tubificid worms were suggested to College, Dhaka). STUDIES ON DDT RESIDUE
feed pabda larvae up to a stockable size. AND ITS METABOLITES IN DRY FISHES
FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF
199 MAMUN, M.A.; BASHAR, M.A. & BANGLADESH. Bang. J. Zool., 2007, 35 (1),
KHAN, H.R. (Dept. of Zoology, Dhaka 107-114.
University, Dhaka). PHENOLOGY AND
ABUNDANCE OF NYMPHALID BUTTERFLIES OF Studies were carried out for the identification and
SOME HILLY FORESTS OF CHITTAGONG AND quantification of pesticide residues in some
COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. Bang. J. Zool., commercially important dried fish species of
2008, 36 (1), 11-18. different regions of Bangladesh. Forty samples of
20 different dried fish species were collected from
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