{"id":1178,"date":"2011-11-05T23:44:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T21:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2013-06-12T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T16:19:17","slug":"spawning-readiness-of-african-catfish-clarias-gariepinus-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"Spawning readiness of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) female"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Determining the spawning\u00a0readiness of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) female is assessed based on the softness\u00a0of female abdomen as shown\u00a0one photo. Female ovulation could be judged based on the release of few eggs under slight pressure. Females are watched for ovulation and should be stripped and eggs fertilized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will seek our permission if you wish to use a picture or more. This will be appreciated.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=1169\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen.jpg?fit=1002%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1002,752\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spawning readiness of African catfish female (soft abdomen)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1169\" title=\"Spawning readiness of African catfish female (soft abdomen)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-soft-abdomen.jpg?w=1002&amp;ssl=1 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=1170\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?fit=3072%2C2304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3072,2304\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spawning readiness of African catfish female (egg release)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1170\" title=\"Spawning readiness of African catfish female (egg release)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spawning-readiness-of-African-catfish-female-egg-release.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Determining the spawning\u00a0readiness of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) female is assessed based on the softness\u00a0of female abdomen as shown\u00a0one photo. Female ovulation could be judged based on the release of few eggs under slight pressure. Females are watched for ovulation and should be stripped and eggs fertilized.\u00a0 Note: We decided not to watermark the photos &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1178\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,307,291,293],"tags":[144,145,313,314,315],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aaelgamal","category-african-catfish-farmed-species-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-gallery-2","category-photos","tag-african-catfish","tag-clarias-garipinus","tag-ready-to-spawn-female","tag-soft-abdomen","tag-some-eggs-release","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NIq6-j0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8111,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/8111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}