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Weight‐length relationships of 3 demersal fish species from Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean
Author(s) -
Lelli S.,
Lteif M.,
Jemaa S.,
Khalaf G.,
VerdoitJarraya M.
Publication year - 2018
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.13459
Subject(s) - demersal zone , biology , demersal fish , fishery , mediterranean climate , marine fish , mediterranean sea , sexual dimorphism , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , ecology , zoology , geology
Summary Weight‐length relationships ( WLR s) were estimated for 3 demersal species, from the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean, namely Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810), Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943 and Stephanolepsis diaspros Fraser‐Brunner, 1940. The specimens were collected using trammel and gill nets from June 2012 to October 2014. The values of parameter b of the WLR s W = aL b ranged from 2.922 to 3.708. Pronounced sexual dimorphism in WLR was observed for S. diaspros and none showed a WLR ‐based geographical pattern of distribution. WLR s reported in this study should be applied only within the observed length ranges.