Morphometric prediction of
cannibalism in larviculture of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus
coioides
J.-R. Hseu, H.-F. Chang, Y.-Y. Ting-2003
Aquaculture, 218(1-4): 203-207
Abstract
This study developed a linear regression model to
predict the occurrence of cannibalism in larviculture of orange-spotted
grouper, Epinephelus coioides. Based on measurements of mouth width
(MW), body depth (BD), and total length (TL), a model of prey length (mm) to
cannibal length was constructed: TLprey=0.80 TLcannibal-1.50.
According to the equation, we suggest that 30% is a threshold for TL
differences to use in grading grouper fry, and that beyond the threshold,
potential cannibals should be removed.
(Institute
of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Section
4, Taipei 106, Taiwan, e-mail; jrhseutfri@pchome.com.tw)