MORPHOLOGY AND GENERAL REPRODUCTIVE STAGES OF ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPROVAL
DECLARATION
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVEATIONS
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Patin buah in Malaysia
1.2 Statement of problems
1.3 Significance of the study
1.4 Objectives
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2. LITERATURE REVIEWS
2.1 Taxonomy
2.2 Distribution of the family Pangasiidae
2.3 Catfishes as an Economic commodity
2.4 Morphological characters of the genus Pangasius nasutus
2.5 The biology of catfishes
2.6 Reproductive dynamics
2.6.1 Spawning pattern and cycle of ovarian development in
catfishes
2.6.2 Testicular development of catfishes
2.7 Histology of the gonadal development
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3. MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONS BETWEEN Pangasius nasutus
AND Pangasius conchophilus
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials and methods
3.2.1 Study area
3.2.2 Samples collection
3.2.3 Sampling methods
3.2.4 Morphometric and meristic characters
3.2.5 Statistical analysis
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