ISSN 2167-0447
International Journal of Agricultural Sciences ISSN: 2167-0447 Vol. 4 (8), pp. 248-251, August, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Review
Review: Reproductive biology of Cichlidae
Christian Larbi Ayisi
Key Laboratory of Fresh water Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, P.R China.
E-mail: [email protected] . Tel: 008613621770965
Accepted May, 2014
Abstract
The Cichlidae family is in the order perciformes. The fish family Cichlidae presents an array of fishes with great diversity. Production of eggs and fry in tilapia are affected by several factors within its environment which includes temperature, day length, density and sex-ratio of broodstock, length and/or weight of breeders, food quality, and stress as well as the water quality (oxygen, salinity, pH etc.) but also the overall spawning capacity of a group. The mating system of the African cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus resembles that of other lekking animals; males defend mating territories where the spawning pits they dig are sites only for mating and oviposition and are not used for rearing offspring.
Key words: Reproductive, biology, cichlidae, perciformes, oreochromis.