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    Abstract - Issue Sep 2020, 41 (5)                                     Back


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External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles 

 

Mohd. S. Kamarudin1,2, N. Romano3, A. Arshad1,2, N.L.W.S. Wong1,2 and J.C. Teh1

1Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

2International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 71050 Teluk Kemang, Port Dickson, Malaysia

3Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 1200 North University Drive, Pine Bluff, AR 71601, USA

*Corresponding Author Email : jun_chin@yahoo.com

Paper received: 17.09.2019 ?????? ???????????????????????????????????????Revised received: 16.12.2019 ???????????? ???????????????????????Accepted: 14.08.2020

 

Abstract

Aim: Despite their well-known strategy of brooding in male pouches, survival of early juveniles of seahorses still represents a significant bottleneck to its population survival. This study aimed to address the feeding and digestive efficiency of early Hippocampus kuda in order to improve their survival.?

Methodology: The external and gut morphology of H. kuda juveniles in the immediate period after being released from the brood pouch (0?9 day-after-birth) were examined and described through histological and microscopic methods.

Results:? Unlike premature seahorses with a round-shaped yolk sac attached to their semi-transparent body, the normal newborns had no external yolk sac but some yolk residues were observed internally. Although the mouth gape size, mouth area, height and tail length grew bigger and longer in the older juveniles, the intestine length increased isometrically with height. Ingested live food was poorly digested in early juveniles and some Artemia nauplii were found to be still alive in the excreta.

Interpretation: Overall, the results indicated that the early feeding of H. kuda was highly inefficient. Depletion of remnant yolk in H. kuda suggested partial lecithotrophy during the first two days. These findings provide an important insight for developing nursing methods for this seahorse species.

Key words: Critical period, Digestive tract,? Histology, Lecithotrophy,? Mass mortality

 

 

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