NATURAL SCIENCES

Journal of fundamental
and
applied researches

2012 Results of Inconnu’s captive breeding

2013. №1, pp. 70-75

Dosaeva Valida G.. - post-graduate student, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan Sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, Dosaeva@rambler.ru

The article relates that Inconnu (Stenodus Leucichthys Leucichthys Guld., 1772), an endemic of the Caspian Sea basin, is one of the valuable fish species in the region. Captive breeding, it notes, is the main source of increasing inconnu stocks in the Caspian basin. The paper present the results of investigations into captive breeding of inconnu during the present period. It records the low intensity of spawner catching and insufficient numbers of young fish released for species preservation. Finally, the document describes the captive breeding conditions for rearing young inconnu in the Caspian basin.

Key words: valuable fish species,inconnu,spawners,young fish,captive breeding,rearing conditions