Ainul Mardiah

Influence of Different Stocking Densities on Growth, Feed Efficiency and Carcass Composition of Bonylip Barb (Osteochilus vittatus Cyprinidae) Fingerlings

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus) is an herbivorous freshwater fin-fish species native in Indonesia. These species has high demand and price in the market. A 90 days study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different stocking densities on growth, carcass composition, survival and water quality of Osteochilus vittatus (O. vittatus) in a synthetic sheet pond. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fingerlings with an average weight of 2.45±0.071 g (Mean±SD) were randomly stocked in 12 synthetic sheet ponds (2×1 m) at densities of 50 fish m-3 (T50), 75 fish m-3 (T75), 100 fish m-3 (T100) and 125 fish m-3 (T125) in triplicate groups. One-way ANOVA followed by Duncans new multiple range test was used to analyze obtained data a significance level of p<0.05. RESULTS After 90 days of the trial, the growth in terms of weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) of fish from T50 were significantly higher than those from T75, T100 and T125. The feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly lower in T50 followed by T75, T100 and T125 consecutively. Protein efficiency ratio (PER) was higher in T50 followed by T75, T100 and T125 consecutively. The survival rate (SR) of the fish from T50 was significantly higher than that of the fish from T75, T100 and T125. Significantly lower amounts of carcass lipid and carbohydrate contents were found in T125 compared to the contents of the T50, T75 and T100 fish. CONCLUSIONS Based on the growth performance and feed efficiency, the T50 fish m-3 of O. vittatus in a synthetic sheet pond may be technically feasible.

Morphometric Characteristics of Asian Catfish, Hemibagrus wyckii (Bleeker, 1858) (Bagridae), from the Riau Province of Indonesia

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Asian Catfish (Hemibagrus wyckii) is an important fish having both food and a high price in the market. These species are categorized as a carnivorous freshwater finfish native in Indonesia and is vulnerable to endangered status. This study was carried out to identify the morphometric characteristics of Hemibagrus wyckii (H. wyckii) from the Koto Panjang Reservoir, Kampar Kanan and Kampar Kiri rivers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five fish were collected from each sampling site. The morphometric characteristics were analyzed using the truss morphometric method. Twenty-nine characteristics were measured to obtain the morphometric characteristics of this species. Morphometric data of H. wyckii were analyzed using one-way ANOVA (SPSS version 17.0). Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to evaluate the relationship between different factors and morphometric characteristics. The distribution across different habitats was measured by component canonical analysis (CCA) and genetic distance was analyzed by hierarchical cluster. RESULTS The average standard lengths of H. wyckii from the Koto Panjang Reservoir, Kampar Kanan and Kampar Kiri rivers (Mean±SD) were 428±15.78, 432.52±66.11 and 425.86±50.41 mm, respectively. Twenty-nine morphometric characteristics were measured. There was a 68.96% difference obtained in samples collected at the Koto Panjang Reservoir and Kampar Kanan river. There was a 95.55% difference obtained in the Koto Panjang Reservoir, Kampar Kiri river and a 100% difference obtained in the Kampar Kanan and Kampar Kiri rivers. The main differences in morphometric characteristics included inter orbital distance, length of adipose-fin base, predorsal length, length of front dorsal fin-front pelvic and depth of caudal peduncle. The Mahalanobis distance between fish from the Koto Panjang Reservoir and Kampar Kanan river demonstrated that both types originated from a single population. CONCLUSION It was concluded that more favorable morphometric characteristics of H. wyckii were found in the Kampar Kanan river compared to those from the Koto Panjang Reservoir and Kampar Kiri river.