Katla Fish
Katla fish is very fast growing and suitable fish breed for farming in freshwater pond. It is a very tasty fish and popular to all types of people of south Asia. The ancient and main living place of katla fish is our open water reservoir and river. Katla fish is a carp fish and breeding rate in river, swamp and canal is very satisfactory. Katla fish is also known as some other name like katol fish, catla fish Indian carp etc. It is a very suitable breed for fish farming in some countries of south Asia. Classification, physical characteristics, food habit and breeding of katla fish is described bellow.
Classification of Katla Fish: Classification of katla fish described bellow.
- Kingdom : Animalia
- Phylum : Chordata
- Class : Actinopterygii
- Order : Cypriniformes
- Family : Cypriinidae
- Genus : Catla
- Species : C. catla
Physical Characteristics:
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- Body of katla fish is short.
- Head is comparatively bigger than their body.
- Mouth is wide and curved to up.
- The upper lip is thin but lower lip is thick.
- The back is more convex than their belly.
- Upper side of their body is dark gray colored and side part is silver colored.
- Fin is blackish colored.
Food:
Katla fish generally consume food from the upper level of water. They love to eat small insects, leaves of plant, phytopplankton etc. They also eat zooplankton occasionally. Fish meal and supplementary food can be served for commercial katla fish farming.
Breeding:
Katla fish can be up to 1m long. Gain sexual maturity at the age of 3-5 years. A moderate sized katla fish contain about 1.5-3 millions of eggs. They lays eggs in open water reservoir. In favorable environment they lays eggs in rainy season. Breeding process of katla fish can also be done artificially in hatchery
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