International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences. ISSN 2248-9975 Volume 6, Number 2 (2016), pp. 99-110 © International Research Publication House http://www.irphouse.com Fecundity in fish Puntius sophore and relationship of fecundity with fish length, fish weight and ovary weight from Jammu water bodies J and K (India). Krishan Raj Kant 1 , Kadambri Gupta 2 and Seema Langer 3* 1 Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu, India. 2 Professor, Department of Zoology , University of Jammu, Jammu, India. 3* Professor, Department of Zoology , University of Jammu, Jammu, India. *Correspondence author Abstract Fecundity of gravid female fish Puntius sophore was estimated during the period from July to September. The estimated fecundity ranged of 1560 to 2314 eggs with a mean total length of 5.5 cm and body weight of 5.47 gm. The relative fecundity ranged from 390.85 to 480.18 per fish and absolute fecundity from 6106.73 to 6942.35 eggs. Mature ovaries of Puntius sophore occupied maximum space in abdomen during breeding season. Various relationships between fecundity and body parameters ( Fish length, fish weight and ovarian weight) were worked out and it was observed that absolute fecundity is highly correlated (r²= 0.809) with ovarian weight but poorly correlated (r²= 0.047) with total length and moderately correlated (r²=0.216) with body weight. Thus it appears that fecundity was more dependent on ovarian weight than body related parameters. During present investigations a straight line relationship has been obtained between relative fecundity, absolute fecundity with body parameters (Fish length, fish weight and ovarian weight) of fish Puntius sophore. Keywords: Puntius sophore, fecundity, ovaries, relative fecundity, absolute fecundity.