Length-weight relationship of eleven species of marine catfishes from the northern Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan
Autor: | Noureen Farooq, Shahnaz Rashid, Nazia Qamar, Sher Khan Panhwar |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 35:1218-1220 |
ISSN: | 1993-5005 0254-4059 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00343-017-6117-2 |
Popis: | This study records length-weight relationships (LWRs) for eleven commercially important marine catfish species of the family Ariidae (sea catfishes) and Plotosidae (eel catfishes) from the northern Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan. The specimens were sampled from December 2014 to November 2015, using bottom trawls with various mesh sizes by commercial vessels. The species were Nemapteryx caelatus, Sciades sona, Arius gagora, Batrachocephalus mino, Netuma thalassina, N. bilineata, Osteogeneiosus militaris, Plicofollis dussumieri, P. tenuispinis, Plotosus limbatus, and P. lineatus. Of the eleven species, two species A. gagora and N. bilineata were recorded for the first time and LWRs for four species A. gagora, N. bilineata, S. sona, and B. mino still have no data in the FishBase database. In addition, new maximum length for each of the three species N. bilineata, O. militaris and B. mino was also found. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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