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Length‐weight relationship of six loach species from tropical forest streams in Sarawak, Malaysia
Author(s) -
Soo Chen Lin,
Nyanti Lee,
Idris Nur Ezaimah,
Ling Teck Yee,
Sim Siong Fong,
Grinang Jongkar,
Lee Karen Suan Ping,
Ganyai Tonny
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/jai.14273
Subject(s) - electrofishing , tributary , biology , streams , range (aeronautics) , structural basin , ecology , drainage basin , fishery , geography , abundance (ecology) , cartography , computer network , paleontology , materials science , computer science , composite material
Summary Length weight relationships (LWRs) are presented for six loach species belonging to two families of Gastromyzontidae and Nemacheilidae captured in the Baleh River Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. One time sampling was conducted at each station representing first‐ to fourth‐order tributaries in the Baleh River Basin from April 2014 to November 2015. Loach samples were collected via electrofishing method and measured for total length to the nearest 0.1 cm and weighted to the nearest 0.1 g immediately after capture. The values of the equation parameter ‘b’ of the LWR falls within the range of 2.5 to 3.5 for six loach species in Sarawak, Malaysia.