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https://doi.org/10.14798/73.2.800

LENGTH–WEIGHT AND LENGTH–LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS OF SIX PONYFISH SPECIES FROM THE PERSIAN GULF

Abdollah Deyrestani ; Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 46414-356, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh orcid.org/0000-0002-6246-9504 ; Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 46414-356, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
Majid Sadeghizadeh ; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Length–weight relationship (LWR) and length–length relationship (LLR) were estimated for six species of ponyfishes captured in the Persian Gulf, Iran. The LWRs indicated isometric growth in ornate ponyfish (Equulites lineolatus), common ponyfish (Leiognathus equulus) and deep pugnose ponyfish (Secutor ruconius) species, positive allometric growth in striped ponyfish (Aurigequula fasciata) and negative allometric growth in decorated ponyfish (Nuchequula gerreoides) and orangefin ponyfish (Photopectoralis
bindus). LWR and LLR parameters for one of the species (E. lineolatus) are given for the first time. The relationships between TL, FL and SL were all linear and highly correlated (for all cases: r2 > 0.97).

Keywords

Leiognathidae; LWR; LLR; Allometric growth

Hrčak ID:

141260

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141260

Publication date:

14.5.2015.

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