Feeding behaviour, locomotion rhythms and blood biochemistry of the neotropical red‐tail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)

Author:

de Oliveira Guilherme Helder1ORCID,Perez Ribeiro Paula Adriane1ORCID,Prado Verônica Guimarães Landa1ORCID,Bahiense Raphael Nogueira1,Gamarano Pedro Gomes1,de Oliveira Camila Gomes1,de Almeida Freitas Débora1,Costa Leandro Santos2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, Laboratório de Aquacultura Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil

2. Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa Minas Gerais Brazil

Abstract

AbstractThe study evaluated the feeding behaviour of Phractocephalus hemioliopterus through the animals' ability to adapt to the self‐feeding system, their preferred feeding times and locomotor activity, as well as the blood biochemistry of juveniles fed in a light/dark cycle. The study was carried out through two experiments, the first of which contained two phases. In experiment 1 – phase I, 24 juveniles (35.28 ± 0.62 g) were distributed in eight 48 l tanks. The tanks were equipped with a self‐feeding system and the experiment consisted of evaluating whether the animals were able to adapt to the self‐feeding system, as well as evaluating the preferred feeding times and locomotor activity of these animals. A feeding challenge to the animals was introduced in phase II, based on the results of phase I. The results of the first phase evidenced a nocturnal feeding preference. Thus, the feeding challenge consisted of measuring whether the animal would feed during the day and how long it would take to adapt. When the animals consumed 100% of the amount of feed provided daily, phase II was ended. In experiment 2, 24 juveniles of P. hemioliopterus (182.00 ± 14.03 g) were distributed in eight 96 l tanks. This experiment consisted of two treatments with four repetitions, one with exclusive feeding during the middle of the light cycle and another with exclusive feeding in the middle of the dark cycle. At the end, blood samples were collected from the animals for blood biochemistry evaluations. In experiment 1 – phase I, the results showed that the fish adapted very well to the self‐feeding system and had a strictly nocturnal feeding behaviour and locomotor rhythm. When they were submitted to the feeding challenge in phase II, the feed intake was stabilized from the 17th day onwards, proportionally to the nocturnal consumption observed in the first phase, thus demonstrating feeding plasticity. In experiment 2, the feeding times influenced the animals' biochemical parameters. Animals fed during the night had higher values of cholesterol and triglycerides than animals fed during the day. It is concluded that P. hemioliopterus has fast adaptability to a self‐feeding system, with strictly nocturnal feeding and locomotor behaviours. However, it has feeding plasticity, adapting its behaviour according to food availability. Blood biochemical parameters are influenced by the light/dark feeding cycle.

Funder

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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