Title of article
Growth pattern variability in invasive non-indigenous mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) from southern Caspian basin, Iran
Author/Authors
Patimar ، Rahman Department of Fisheries - Gonbad Kavous University , Fattahi ، Nazireh Department of Fisheries - Gonbad Kavous University , Pouabasali ، Mohsen Department of Fisheries - Gonbad Kavous University , Gholizadeh ، Mohammad Department of Fisheries - Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch
From page
480
To page
484
Abstract
The study was conducted to determine the allometry variability of mosquitofish based on 10987 specimens collected from 11 localities in the southern Caspian Sea basin in summer 2021. The estimated b-values range from 2.414 for males from the coastal lagoon of Gorgan Bay to 3.911 for the population from the Sorkhroud River. In the basin, the overall mean of the b coefficient was 3.190±0.413. The growth patterns of most considered groups were positive allometric. The form factor a3.0 indicated that body shapes were different between the areas.
Keywords
Invasive fish , Freshwater , WLR , Allometry
Journal title
International Journal of Aquatic Biology
Journal title
International Journal of Aquatic Biology
Record number
2775612
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