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Length–weight relationships of four freshwater ornamental fish species from the Brazilian Negro River basin
Author(s) -
Quara de Carvalho Santos M.,
Gonzaga Lemos J. R.,
do Nascimento Pereira C.,
Teixeira de Oliveira A.,
TavaresDias M.,
Marcon J. L.
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1439-0426.2011.01895.x
Subject(s) - ornamental plant , biology , structural basin , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , freshwater fish , drainage basin , ecology , geography , cartography , paleontology
Summary The present work reports the length–weight relationships (LWR) for four ornamental fish species from the middle Negro River basin, Amazonas, Brazil. The r 2 value ranged from 0.810 to 0.941 and values of b varied from 2.346 to 3.442. These results represent the first reference on LWR for all four species, based on FishBase.