Seasonal feeding intensity
The results of the analysis of 137 stomachs of the fishes have been presented in the Table 1 and 2
which is shown fullness of stomach of C. carpio var. specularis. Out of the 137 stomachs examined
61.88% contained food and the rest 38.22% were without food, which varied from months to month.
Among these 16 were full, 24 were ¾ full, 21 were ½ full, 21 were ¼ full and 17 were empty. The
highest percentage of empty stomach was in the month of April 2011 (56.67%) and the lowest
percentage of empty stomach was in the month of August 2011 (26.32%). The highest percentage of
full stomachs was found in the month of August 2011 (73.68%) and the lowest percentage of full
stomachs was found in April 2011 (43.33%) (Table 1).