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Length‐weight and length‐length relationships of the genus Alosa (Clupeoidei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) along the southern Caspian Sea coast
Author(s) -
MousaviSabet H.,
Heidari A.,
Paknejad S.
Publication year - 2016
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.12908
Subject(s) - biology , clupeidae , fishery , genus , alosa , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , fish migration
Summary Length–weight ( LWR ) and length–length ( LLR ) relationships were estimated for four shad species of the genus Alosa , reported from along the southern Caspian Sea coast, north of Iran in a study from March 2014. Two of these species are endemic to the Caspian Sea. The length–weight parameter b for these species ranged from 2.99 to 3.24, with regression coefficients ( r 2 ) ranging from 0.91 to 0.99. All LLR s were highly significant ( r 2 > 0.96).