Anatomy and Biology of Fish and Shellfish
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Dr Siba Prasad Parida
Category
Core Courses
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Code(Credit) : CUTM1446(3-1-0)
Course Objectives
• Introduces students to an integrated approach to fish biology, including anatomy, morphology, physiology, ecology and behavior.
• Students will study how fishes interact with their environment and the wide range of biological adaptations they have evolved to live in a remarkably diverse range of habitats.
Course Outcome
| COs | Course Outcome | Mapping COs with POs
(High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 |
Introduces students to an integrated approach to fish biology, including anatomy, morphology, physiology, ecology and behavior. |
PO1-3, PO7-3, PO9-2 |
| CO2 | Students will study how fishes interact with their environment and the wide range of biological adaptations they have evolved to live in a remarkably diverse range of habitats. | PO1-3, PO7-2, PO9-3 |
| CO3 | To understand about Role of physical, chemical, soil and water parameters for sustainability fish. | PO1-3, PO9-1 |
Course Syllabus
Module-1:Diversity of Fishes:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Classification
1.3 Basic Structural Features
1.4 Body shape, scales, and fins
1.5 Internal features
Module-2:Habitat
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Biogeography
2.3 Marine Habitats
2.4 Freshwater Fishes
Module-3: Anatomy
3.1 Integumentary
3.2 Digestive system
3.3 Skeleton system
3.4 Respiratory System
3.5 Circulatory system
Module-4: Anatomy
4.1 Nervous System
4.2 Excretion and osmoregulation
4.3 Reproductive system
4.4 Endocrine System
4.5 Sense and specialised organ
Module-5: Food and feeding habits
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Techniques for Studying Food Habits and Feeding
5.3 Optimal Foraging Theory
5.4 Food Choices, Size, and Development
5.5 Food Capture
Module-6: Reproduction, and Life Histories
6.1 Types of Life History
6.2 Intersexes and Unisexual Species
6.3 Fertilization to Hatching (Incubation)
6.4 Parental Care
6.5 Growth
Module-7: Behavior and Cognition
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Behavior as a Discipline
7.3 Schooling
7.4 Orientation and Migration
7.5 Symbiosis
Lab-1 Museum Specimen
Lab-2 Slide preparion of scales
Lab-3 Food habit study
Lab-4 Hematological study
Lab-5 Biochemical study
Session Plan
Session 1
Introduction to diversity of fishes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cKedhm4VrUA&
Session 6
Practice-1 Museum specimen
Session 11
Practice 2 Mounting of scales
Session 17
Practice 4 Morphometric study of fishes
Session 23
Practice 4
Session 26
Techniques for Studying Food Habits and Feeding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YODWSF-tko
Session 27
Food capture
Session 28
Practice 5
Session 29
Optimal Foraging Theory
Session 31
Intersexes and Unisexual Species
Session 35
Practice 6
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