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Summary Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941) is one of the indigenous Tilapia species exhibiting favourable traits for aquaculture in Malawi. However, commercial fingerling production is still a problem. An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of raising ambient temperature to 27°C on oocyte development of the fish. Female O. karongae were reared under two temperature regimes: at room (20.3 ± 0.8°C) and at raised (26.5 ± 0.5°C) temperature for 90 days. Changes in gonadosomatic index (GSI) and oocyte developmental stages were determined every 45 days. Fish samples from the pond (22.5 ± 3.4°C) from which experimental fish were collected were used for comparison. Results showed that raising temperature to 26.5 ± 0.5°C significantly enhanced oocyte development. Higher GSIs (P ≤ 0.05) were obtained after 45 and 90 days in fish cultured at elevated temperature (0.82 ± 0.66 and 1.13 ± 0.47%, respectively) than at room temperature (0.06 ± 0.03 and 0.37 ± 0.05 %, respectively). GSI of fish samples from the pond were not different from that of fish from room temperature. After 45 days, relative frequency of mature oocytes was higher (P ≤ 0.05) in fish from raised temperature (60.42 ± 3.63%) than in fish from room (1.76 ± 0.84%) and pond temperature (2.43 ± 1.38%). After 90 days, the frequency of mature oocytes in fish from raised temperature was not different from pond fish (8.68 ± 2.40 and 10.99 ± 3.41%, respectively). Fish from room temperature had a low (P ≤ 0.05) frequency of mature oocytes (3.12 ± 2.03%). The results suggest that O. karongae has the potential to spawn throughout the year when the temperature is manipulated.
Journal of Applied Ichthyology – Wiley
Published: Apr 1, 2004
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