96 Proc. 96th Indian Science Congress, Part IT : (Abstracts) AF40. The value of SGR followed the same trend similar to weight gain and showed hig SGR with diet AF45 (2.36:0.05% day”') and lowest value SGR was recorded with diet # (1.56+0.05% day"!). The Survival percentage was also found to be highest for AF45 with survival. 125. Breeding and Culture of Silver Barb, Puntius Gonionotus (Bleeker) under Hill Altitudinal Region of Meghalaya B. K. Mahapatra and K. Vinod Central. Institute of Fisheries Education, Sector-V, Salt lake City Kolkata-700 091 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi-682 018 E mail: *bkmahapatra2007@ yahoo.co.in Key Words: Breeding, Larval rearing, Meghalaya, P. gonionotus, Silver barb. Successful spawning of pond reared silver barb, Puntius gonionotus (Bleeker observed at different temperatures (21-26°C) and high altitude (900 m) by using bow pituitary extract, ovatide and ovaprim as stimulating agents. Carp pituitary extract wae found suitable for breeding with a dose ranging from 2 to 3 mg/kg in male. In female. = dose of 2-3 mg/kg and a second dose of 5 to 6 mg/kg were found effective. Ovapr= found suitable with a dose ranging from 0.2 to 0.3 ml/kg in male, while females requ to 0.6 ml/kg. Ovatide was found effective for breeding with a dose ranging from 02 ml/kg in male and 0.4-0.6 ml/kg in female. Successful spawning took place within = of 10-12 hours. Ovulation percentage varied between 41-60%. Percentage of ferti varied between 64-75%. The incubation periods was found to be about 18-20 Percentage of hatching varied between 44-55%. The spawn were stocked in ceme: nursery Tank (PNT) @ SO/| and 65% survival was recoded after 10 days of rearime early fry were subsequently reared in nursery tank (NT) for 20 days with a stocking @ 1/4 liter up to advanced fry size. The fry were then transferred to rearing tank (RT) stocking density @ 1/30 litre and reared for 40 days up to fingerlings size. In the Nu rearing tanks, average survival percentage was 72.0 and 78.0 respectively. The survival percentage of spawn after sequential rearing in PNT, NT and RT was about at final stages of fingerlings.