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Biochemical composition of W. attu and M. seenghala undergo marked changes in relation to length. Fat, protein and ash show an initial fall with length followed by a rise in very large fishes. Moisture showed a negative relationship with fat and protein. Changes in calcium and phosphorus were similar to that of ash. A decrease in calorific values of fat, protein and carbohydrate and in the total calorific values was found associated with length upto a certain size but this was not so in very large fishes. The cycles of different constituents were compared with those of other fishes studied earlier.
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Khawaja, D.K., Jafri, A.K. Changes in the biochemical composition of two common cat-fishes (Wallagonia attu Bloch and Mystus seenghala Sykes) in relation to length. Hydrobiologia 32, 245–256 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179555
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