Investigations are underway in the Centre de Recherches Océanologiques d'Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) to find whether the catfish (Heterobranchus bidorsalis) could be an interesting aquaculture species. Within this framework a 28-day aquarium culture feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of three diets (Artemia salina nauplii, beef brain enriched with vitamins, and a compound food) on the growth and survival rates in 2-day post hatch H. bidorsalis. The feeding experiments started after the yolk sac of the larvae was absorbed (initial mean weight = 2.03±0.38 mg). Larvae fed Artemia nauplii had a higher growth rate (final mean weight = 708.60±411.61 mg] than those fed beef brain (381.81±118.88 mg) or compound food (102.72±48.09 mg). Conversely, the beef brain diet yielded a better survival rate (70.47±9.48%) than the Artemia nauplii (38.72±7.74%) or the compound diet (5.37±2.24%). Thus, beef brain can be used as a starter food for larval rearing of H. bidorsalis.
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Alla, Y. L., Célestin, B. M., Célestin, A. B., & Tidiani, K. (2011). Effect of three diets on growth and survival rates of African catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis larvae. Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 63(1). https://doi.org/10.46989/001c.20587
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