International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 8 1 2019 01 10 A study of haemogram of mud Eel Monopterus cuchia (Ham.) from Eastern Himalayas, India 24 26 EN Patil V.S. 1 Department of Microbiology, Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Satara-415002, MS, India A.O. Ashikodi 1 Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria G.O. Abu 2 Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Jadhav Parimita 1 Department of Microbiology, Shardabai Pawar Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Shardanagar Baramati, Maharashtra, India Pathade Girish 2 Department of Microbiology, H.V. Desai College, Pune, Maharashtra, India Nanda Prasanta 1 Department of Zoology, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791113, India Dabi B. 2 Department of Zoology, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791113, India Wangchu L. 3 Department of Zoology, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791113, India Narba D. 4 Department of Zoology, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791113, India Sharma Hiranmaya 5 Department of Zoology, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791113, India > Short Communication 2018 9 16 2019 01 10 Monopterus cuchia is a common mud eel distributed all along the North-Eastern India and Bangladesh. The high survival rates of this fish during transportation and marketing, along with its economic value makes it a highly demanding fish in the North-Eastern part of India. M. cuchia is known to have high erythrocytes indices. Hence the present work was carried out to study the morphometric index and its co-relation with the erythrocytic parameter of fish M. cuchia (Hamilton) from Eastern Himalayas. Blood parameters like haemoglobin content (Hb%), total erythrocyte count (TECX106 mm-3) and packed cell volume (PCV %) were done. Absolute values like mean cell haemoglobin (MCH), mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean cell volume (MCV) were done from the above blood parameters and data were correlated(r). The results indicates that there is a positive correlation (r=+0.85) between length and weight of the fish. When the Hb content was compared with TEC, it was positively correlated (r=+0.96). However, there was no correlation of haemoglobin either with length (r=+0.08) or weight (r=-0.03). Copyright@ International Science Community Association