Induced spawning of Philippine silver therapon, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner,1864) using various hormones

• Main Authors: Javier, Mark Archei O., Eguia, Maria Rowena R., Aya, Frolan A., Carandang, Jose Santos R., VI, Flores, Mary Jane C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Teraponidae—Induced spawning—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11435
• Institution: De La Salle University

The silver perch, Leiopotherapon plumbeus, locally known as Ayungin, is an endemic freshwater fish that is commercially valuable as it commands a high price in the local market. Local L. plumbeus stocks are observed to be depleting due to excessive fishing and other potential causes such as predation by invasive alien species. Hence, there is a need for an induced breeding protocol to propagate silver therapon and conserve what remains of the fishery resource. In this study, 60 females (total length or TL: 108.5±11.8 mm; total body weight or TBW: 20.0±5.9 g) and 120 males (TL: 95.9±10.3 mm; TBW: 17.9±4.4 g) were distributed into different treatment groups and injected once intra-muscularly with various hormones. Different dosages of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analog (LHRHa) and salmon gonadotropin releasing hormone (sGNRH) were tried and assessed to identify the most effective dosage and hormone that could result to high ovulation, fertilization, and hatching rates. For sGNRH, 20, 30 and 40 μg/kg body weight (BW) were the doses used while 10, 20 and 30 μg/ kg BW were used for LHRHa. The dosage used for HCG was 50 IU/g BW. Results showed that the use of 20 μg/kg BW sGNRH gave high fertilization and hatching rates. However, for the ovulation rate, 20 μg/kg BW sGNRH showed no significant difference when compared to the other dosages of hormones. The result of this experiment would provide an efficient breeding protocol for the local fishermen, so that they can produce and supply quality seed of this economically important fish species on demand.