Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences

Author(s): Md. Sherazul Islam and ProggaLaboni Dutta

Abstract: The food and feeding habit and some aspects of reproductive biology of Xenentodon.cancila were conducted in greater Jessore region, South-western Bangladesh. A total of 138 specimens were collected randomly from different fish markets from April 2015 to March 2016. Guts were categorized in different status on the basis of its fullness and it was showed that mostly empty (75%) followed by 14% full and 11% half full. Various food items were encountered in the gut of the fish, viz; zooplankton (32%), phytoplankton (20%), crustaceans (18%) and small fish (15%). As X. cancila largely depends on animal materials (65%), it is indicated as a carnivorous fish. The present investigation also revealed that males were significantly (P>0.01) dominant over female. The breeding season of the species is April to September and the female get maturity at the size of 178.58 mm of total length.