Fekunditas dan Diameter Telur Ikan Gabus (Channa striata Bloch) di Daerah Banjiran Sungai Musi Sumatera Selatan

An investigation into fecundities and eggs diameter of snakehead (Channa striata Bloch) in flood plain area of river basin of Musi, South Sumatera has been done from July to December 2002. The fish samples were collected from the fisherman. After measuring body length and weight, the gonads were collected and their maturation were observed. The fecundity counted by gravimetric method. Eggs diameter of fish which have TKG III, IV and V were also observed. The result showed that snakehead in the flood plain area of Musi river have fecundities ranged from 1141 to 16486 eggs with the body weight ranged from 60 to 640 g, gonad weight ranged from 1,15 to 17,04 g, and eggs diameter ranged from 0,65 to 1,34 mm