Open AccessLENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF MARINE COMMERCIAL FISH SPECIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL
Author(s) -
Magda Fernandes de Andrade-Tubino,
Melquíades Pinto Paiva
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
arquivos de ciências do mar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2526-7639
pISSN - 0374-5686
DOI - 10.32360/acmar.v40i2.6117
Subject(s) - pelagic zone , demersal zone , fishery , allometry , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , demersal fish , ecology , biology
Length-weight relationship parameters of thirteen species of demersal and pelagic fishes that are of economic and ecological relevance in the commercial fisheries of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern of Brazil, are presented. These relationships indicate a positive allometry tendency for the regression slope, b in the sampled fish community.