Scientists on the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) claimed to have developed designer clownfish by way of cross-breeding of two clownfish species – Amphiprion percula (male) and Amphiprion ocellaris (feminine).
The analysis findings had been printed in an article by scientists Ajith Kumar T.T. and P. R Divya on the Centre for Peninsular Aquatic Genetic Resources, which is a part of NBFGR, Kochi, within the journal Current Science.
The NBGR has the hatchery manufacturing expertise for greater than a dozen of clownfish species utilizing low saline water. The designer clownfish was produced on the hatchery on the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre, Airoli, Mumbai, in response to a launch.
The Bureau had tied-up with the Tribal Development division of Tamil Nadu authorities for the livelihood promotion of the tribal group at Pichavaram and Pulicat areas. The designer clowns accessible on the facility in Annamalai University will probably be propagated and provided to the beneficiaries of those two areas for additional rearing on cluster mode method (group aquaculture), which is able to present a promising return to them, it stated.
