Title of article
First report on length-weight relationships of five reef associated fish species from Ratnagiri coast (Arabian Sea; central west coast of India)
Author/Authors
SHETKAR ، Mahesh Department of Fisheries Biology - College of Fisheries - Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth Dapoli , NIRMALE ، Vivek Department of Fisheries Biology - College of Fisheries - Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth Dapoli , SHETYE ، Harshvardhan Department of Fisheries Biology - College of Fisheries - Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth Dapoli , GHATGE ، Swapnil Department of Fisheries Resource Management - College of Fishery Science - Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Nagpur
From page
267
To page
272
Abstract
Length-weight relationships (LWRs) for five reef-associated marine finfishes, namely, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792), Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskal, 1775), Acanthurus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835), Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775) and Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy Gaimard, 1825) were studied. A total of 944 specimens were measured to obtain the LWRs. The range of slope ‘b’ (2.606 to 2.824) was within the expected range of 2.5-3.5. The intercept ‘a’ ranged from -1.273 to -1.555. LWRs were obtained from well-adjusted linear regressions with r2≥ 0.90. Data presented herein expand the knowledge base for these species in west coast of India, as they have limited or no LWRs data available.
Keywords
Reef associated fishes , Length , weight relationship , Ratnagiri , Arabian Sea ,
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Ichthyology
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Ichthyology
Record number
2768619
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