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Length‐weight relationship of coral reef‐associated fishes from Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, Southeast Coast of India
Author(s) -
Kannan Karuppiah,
Kodeeswaran Paramasivam,
Kumar Rajendran,
Krishnamoorthy Madhuri,
Dharmaraj Divya,
Ethiraj Kannapiran
Publication year - 2021
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.14102
Subject(s) - bay , coral , fishery , coral reef , reef , biology , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , coral reef fish , ecology , geology
Length‐weight relationship parameter was estimated for eight coral reef‐associated finfish species from the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, Eastern Indian Ocean. Fish samples were collected from the landings of trawlers with a cod‐end mesh size of 25–35 mm, operated at a depth ranging from 50–70 m off Tuticorin, Rameswaram and Thondi coasts on monthly basis between June‐2018 and July‐2019. Fish specimens were sampled by measuring total length (TL) and total weight (TW) with precision to 0.1 cm and 0.1 g respectively. A new maximum total length was recorded for Canthigaster solandri , Centriscus scutatus and Halichoeres stigmaticus from this study.