Abhilash, C. P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-6600
Ravi, Charan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3955-6802
Saikrishnan, K. R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6762-8324
Varghese, Sarath https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9939-4366
Kumar, TT Ajith https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-9562
Sarkar, U. K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8166-4375
Basheer, V. S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-9024
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Article History
Received: 27 February 2025
Accepted: 27 October 2025
First Online: 29 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India, under approval number G/IAEC/2022/8 dated: 25.05.2022. All methods used in this study are reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines for animal research.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.