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Length–weight relationships for two loach species, Sinibotia superciliaris (Günther, 1892) and Sinibotia reevesae (Chang, 1944) collected from the Tuojiang River, China
Author(s) -
Wen Z.Y.,
Qin C.J.,
Xie B.W.,
Yuan D.Y.,
Li R.,
Zou Y.C.
Publication year - 2017
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.13393
Subject(s) - biology , china , range (aeronautics) , yangtze river , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , fishery , archaeology , geography , materials science , composite material
Summary Length–weight relationships were determined for two loach species, Sinibotia superciliaris (Günther, 1892) and Sinibotia reevesae (Chang, 1944). Samples were collected with gill nets (30 × 15 m, mesh‐size 1.5 cm) and fish cages (mesh‐size 0.5 cm) as well as by electroshock ( CWB ‐2000 P, 12 V, 250 HZ ) between May 2013 and June 2015 from the Tuojiang River in southwest China. It is believed that the size range covered is close to a commonly known size range of each species. The length–weight relationship values of b were determined as 3.105 for S. superciliaris and 3.381 for S. reevesae . The data will be helpful in further research regarding these species in the upper Yangtze River Basin.