MARCH, 1959]
GONADS
OF
Cirrhina Reba
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author thanks Dr. P. Govindan, Officer-in-charge of the Piscicultural Scheme
for assistance throughout this investigation and Prof. R. V. Seshaiya, Head of the Department.
of Zoology, for providing him all the facilities during this study. He is also gratelful to the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the award of Research Scholarship. His
thanks are also due to Mr. K. Rengarajan for his encouragement during the investigation.
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