Abstract
During 1976, mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis Baird and Girard, were reared in combination with food and game fishes in 0.1 ha culture ponds at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff fisheries research facility. Mosquitofish production was 218 kg/ha, with 1683 fish per kilogram, in ponds that were also stocked with channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque, bigmouth buffalo, Ictiobus cyprinellus Valenciennes, grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, and silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Valenciennes. In another similar stocked pond, hybrid sunfish fingerlings depressed mosquitofish yield by 79%. No mosquitofish production was obtained in ponds stocked with 250 largemouth bass, Xficropterus salmoides Lacepede, fry per hectare, although fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, were added to buffer mosquitofish predation. Total fish yields ranged from 414 to 670 kg/ha for the polyculture systems investigated.
Recommended Citation
Newton, Scott H.; Merkowsky, Andrew J.; Handcock, Ambus J.; and Miesch, Max V.
(1977)
"Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) Production in Extensive Polyculture System,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 31, Article 25.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/25
