it is aslo clear from table 1 and figure4 that the individual
sizes and weights increase through out the shing season until the fish”
reach maturity by December (greater than 50 cm in lenght, and 3000—
4000 grams in weight).
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The data concerning the analysis of the diet of C. hi‘ppuru5 are
presented in table
2 and gures 5 and 6.
Table 2 shows a number of food items were eath by
C. hz‘ppurus in both years, 1981 and 1982, the most abundant food
items were Sardinella aurita, Belone belone and Danichïhyes species
Other minor food item was Maena smaris the least important food
items for C. hzppurus diet were Lolig0 vulgaris Mama maena and
Mullus
Fig 3 : Percent number of C. hzppurus‘. caught during the sampling
,
months (August—October) of 1981—1982.
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