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Length–weight relationship of nine Clupeiform fish species from the Digha coast, West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Bhattacharya Manojit,
Kar Avijit,
Chini Deep Sankar,
Malick Ramesh Chandra,
Patra Bidhan Chandra,
Patra Shampa,
Das Basanta Kumar
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.13789
Subject(s) - biology , fishery , west bengal , fishing , fish <actinopterygii> , bengal , marine fish , geography , socioeconomics , archaeology , bay , sociology
Length–weight Relationships (LWRs) of nine marine fish species belonging to the Order Clupeiformes were collected from two different fish landing centres of the Digha coast (India). The fish were collected on very fortnight from January 2016 to February 2018 from fishing harbours at Mohana and Shankarpur. They were caught by trawler fishermen using multiple mesh size containing gill nets (3.5–9 cm). The equation parameters ( ɑ = intercept), ( b = slope) of the equation W = ɑ TL b were estimated. The LWR parameter “ b ” ranged from 2.98 to 3.15 and the estimated coefficients of correlation ( r 2 ) were ≥0.95.