Length-Weight Relationships of 22 commercial fish from Margarita Island, Venezuela
Keywords:
Lutjanidae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Elopidae, Sphyraenidae, Rachycentridae
Abstract
Length-Weight Relaonships (LWR) were calculated for 22 commercial fish species caught by the arsanal fishing fleet of Margarita Island, Venezuela. A total of 1,610 specimens were analysed, distributed in the following species: Lagocephalus laevigatus, Sphyraena guachancho, S. barracuda, Lutjanus purpureus, L. analis,
L. griseus, Rhomboplites aurorubens, Lachnolaimus maximus, Priacanthus arenatus, Scomberomorus cavalla, S. brasiliensis, Euthynnus alleeratus, Auxis thazard, Sarda sarda, Thunnus atlan!cus, Rachycentron canadum, Caranx hippos, C. crysos, Selene setapinnis, Alec!s ciliaris, Trachinotus carolinus and Elops saurus. These length-weight relaonships can be used to improve fish statistics because of difficulty in obtaining weight of the fish in field.
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Calculators. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 8. ICLARM, Manila. 325 p.
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Tagliafico A, Rago N, Lárez A, Rangel S. 2012. Estructura de talla de 20 especies de peces capturados
por la flota artesanal de La Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Ciencia 20(4): 217-232.
Tagliafico A, Rago N, Rangel MS. 2014. Length- Weight Relationships of 21 species of Elasmobranchii
from Margarita Island, Venezuela. J Res Biol 4 (7): 1458 -1464.
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fish species caught in wetlands of central Yangtze River, China. J Appl Ichthyol 31: 219-220.
Published
2015-05-16
How to Cite
A, T., N, R., N, R., & MS, R. (2015). Length-Weight Relationships of 22 commercial fish from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Journal of Research in Biology, 5(3), 1707-1712. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/380
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