Production performance of Labeo calbasu (Hamilton) in polyculture with three Indian major carps Catla catla (Hamilton), Labeo rohita (Hamilton) and Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton) with provision of fertilizers, feed and periphytic substrate as varied inputs

A review on Labeo calbasu (Hamilton) with an emphasis on its conservation

“…Its herbivorous feeding habit has been reported by Das andMoitra (1955, 1963), Chondar (1999) and Dasgupta (2001). Chondar (1999) has documented decaying organic matter as the main food; he has also reported that the omnivorous feeding habit of early fry of calbasu used to gradually change to herbivorous dietary habit through advanced fry and early fingerling stages and become fully herbivore in juvenile.…”

“…Though all the earlier workers have documented it as a bottom feeder, but contradiction exists there regarding its feeding habit. Some workers (Mookerjee and Mazumdar 1944;Mookerjee et al 1946;Alikunhi 1952Alikunhi , 1957Bhuiyan 1964;Natarajan 1971;Pathak 1975;Vinci and Sugunan 1981;Khumar and Siddiqui 1989) have documented its omnivorous feeding habit while some others (Chacko and Kurian 1949;Das andMoitra 1955, 1963;Chondar 1999;Dasgupta 2001) have reported it as herbivorous fish. So an area of further research is there in this aspect.…”

“…Sahu et al (2007) have reported lack of information on its culture is among the reasons which probably have restricted its incorporation into the commercial carp polyculture. So, further studies are needed to find out some improved culture technologies to enhance its production.…”

“…Further they have pointed out that incorporation of calbasu in place of common carp may be a better strategy to get more production in polyculture. Apart from conventional culture methodology, its suitability with higher growth rate in periphyton-based aquaculture has recently been reported (Wahab et al 1999, Sahu et al 2007, Narejo and Rahmatullah 2010.…”

“…Food and feeding habit of Labeo calbasu earlier has been studied by number of workers (Mookerjee and Mazumdar 1944;Mookerjee et al 1946;Chacko and Kurian 1949;Alikunhi 1952Alikunhi , 1957Das andMoitra 1955, 1963;Bhuiyan 1964;Natarajan 1971;Pathak 1975;Vinci and Sugunan 1981;Khumar and Siddiqui 1989;Chondar 1999;Dasgupta 2001;Laghari et al 2015) and all of them have reported it as a bottom feeder. Mookerjee and Mazumdar (1944) have documented in details the food and feeding habit of hatchling, fry, fingerling, immature young and mature adult of Labeo calbasu from West Bengal.…”