Assessment of Spawning Fecundity and Its Relationship with Body Parameters of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario)

Abstract

The present investigations were carried out at Trout Culture Farm Laribal, Srinagar (J&K Govt.), India during December, 2020. Relationship between length-weight, spawning fecundity and relative fecundity was observed in rainbow trout (O. mykiss) and brown trout (S. trutta fario). The mean length of male rainbow trout was (38.77±1.38 cm) and mean length of (38.05±1.32 cm) was observed in female rainbow trout. While as, the mean length of male brown trout was (38.86±1.41 cm) and for female brown trout mean length of (37.98±1.30 cm) was observed. The mean weight of male and female rainbow trout recorded was 794.6±49.3 g and 766.3±64.3 g respectively, while as, the average weight of male and female brown trout was 772.7±41.4 g and 757.6±57.22 g respectively. The spawning fecundity female^-1 of rainbow trout ranged from 2002−2804 eggs and mean relative fecundity of 3.13±0.12 g^-1 body weight was observed and for brown trout the spawning fecundity female^-1 fish ranged from 961 to 1604 eggs, with a relative fecundity of 1.41 g^-1 body weight to 1.56 g^-1 body weight. The present study recorded a significant positive correlation between total body length and total body weight of male rainbow trout (r=0.938, p<0.05) and total body length and total body weight of female rainbow trout (r=0.989, p<0.05) and for brown trout a significant positive correlation was recorded between total body length and spawning fecundity, body weight and spawning fecundity was observed. However, relative fecundity formed a significant negative correlation between total length, body weight and spawning fecundity in brown trout.