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Length‐weight relationship of fish species from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea‐Bissau
Author(s) -
Correia E.,
Granadeiro J. P.,
Regalla A.,
Catry P.
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.13522
Subject(s) - biology , archipelago , fishery , range (aeronautics) , netting , new guinea , fish <actinopterygii> , dry season , zoology , ecology , ethnology , composite material , history , materials science , political science , law
Summary Length–weight relationships were estimated for six teleost fish species occurring in Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea‐Bissau. Samples were collected seasonally during three dry seasons (2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016) and two rainy seasons (2015 and 2016). Fishes were captured by three methods: angled from the beach or a boat; using beach seine with a mesh size ranging 0.5–1 cm; drift netting from a boat (mesh size 2 cm). This work provides the length‐weight relationship for three fish species that are not reported in FishBase ( Citharichthys stampflii, Gerres nigri and Psettodes belcheri ) as well as for three species from which we present a wider size range ( Eucinostomus melanopterus , Scomberomorus tritor and Sphyraena afra ).