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Length–weight relationships of six fish species from Tapajós River, Eastern Amazon, Brazil
Author(s) -
Hashiguti D. T. F.,
Begot T. O.,
Prudente B. S.,
Freitas T. M. S.,
Montag L. F. A.
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.13453
Subject(s) - biology , amazon rainforest , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , ecology
Summary The present study reports the length–weight relationships of six fish species from the Tapajós River: Curimata inornata, Geophagus altifrons, G. neambi, Pachyurus junki, Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula and Pristobrycon striolatus . No previous LWR information was available for these species in the FishBase database. Coefficients for the parameter b varied from 2.83 to 3.56.