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First length–weight relationships of 11 fish species in the Aegean Sea
Author(s) -
Yapici S.,
Karachle P. K.,
Filiz H.
Publication year - 2015
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.12459
Subject(s) - biology , allometry , marine fish , fish <actinopterygii> , mediterranean sea , mediterranean climate , fishery , ecology , zoology
Summary Weight‐length relationships were established for eleven marine fish species caught in the SE A egean S ea, T urkey. Additionally, a bibliographic review of such relationships for these species was conducted. Based on the results, the values of b parameter varied between 2.477 and 3.496, with one species having isometric growth, five negative and six positive allometric growth. Furthermore, for A ulopus filamentosus there exist no information in the literature, whilst for C allanthias ruber and G nathophis mystax, there are no such information available from the M editerranean.