Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the meat yield of tigris bream ( Acanthobrama marmid) caught in Karakaya dam lake. In this study, 51 A. marmid were used and these fishes were found to be 22.45 ± 15.02 cm in length and 145.69 ± 28.87 g in weight . Analysis of meat yield was based on the calculation of the ratio between the body weight and the weight of organs, body parts e.g. head, fins, and internal organs. In present study age composition, sexual ratio, age-length, age-weight, length- weight relationship and meat yield of A. marmid were determined. The weight rate of viscera, head, fins, skin, carcass of A.marmid according to total weight were calculated as 14.79%, 14.49% , 2.38%, 11.59% ve 57.92% respectively.
Highlights
Acantobrama marmid genus is represented by 9 species in inland waters of world and all of species live in the Middle East area
A. marmid distributes in the freshwaters of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria [1]
A. marmid were collected from Battalgazi region of Karakaya Dam Lake (Fig. 1)
Summary
Acantobrama marmid genus is represented by 9 species in inland waters of world and all of species live in the Middle East area. There are three species of this genus, A. mirabilis, A. marmid and A. centisquama, east of the Fırat river in the inland waters of Turkey. A. marmid distributes in the freshwaters of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria [1]. A. marmid is typically a bentopelagic river from but it lives in the lakes and dam lakes. Species fed on zooplankton and phytoplankton and spawn at temperatures between 18-25 oC. This fish is used in human nutrition locally, but it is not an important species economically [2]
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