@article{Mahasetha_2015, title={Food and feeding habit of Tor putitora of Mahakali River, Nepal}, volume={13}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/13983}, DOI={10.3126/bibechana.v13i0.13983}, abstractNote={<p><em>T.putitora</em> is a sight feeder and can be categorized as column feeder, which at some stage resorts to bottom feeding as well. Depending upon the availability of food, the fish consumes a wide spectrum of dietary items varying from microscopic organisms and macrophytes to large number of insects and even small fishes.</p><p>The feeding activities of <em>T. putitora</em> appeared to be good during pre-spawning (pre-monsoon) and post-spawning season while poor during monsoon or spawning season, which is directly related to the availability of food and maturation of gonads. The estimation of GSI (Gastro-somatic Index) also supported this fact.</p><p>BIBECHANA 13 (2016) 115-125</p>}, journal={BIBECHANA}, author={Mahasetha, Vinod Kumar}, year={2015}, month={Dec.}, pages={121–131} }