The Weight-Length Relation in Fishes

NEONATAL MORTALITY IN RELATION TO BIRTH WEIGHT

730 low birth weight (LBW) neonates and 1460 controls were selected from 13,123 neonates born from October 1988 to June 1989 in 17 hospitals and maternity units in Tehran, and were compared for mortality in the first seven and up to 28 days of life (early neonatal period). In this study all low birth weight newborns are divided according to four sub-groups of birth weight, and the mortalit...

Length-weight relationships of five species of sturgeon in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea

Length weight relationship, condition factor and length at first maturity of Indian halibut Psettodes erumei in the Persian Gulf

Length weight relationship, condition factor and length at first maturity of Indian halibut Psettodes erumei were investigated in the Persian Gulf by monthly sampling of 30 fish from March to February 2012. Mean value of total length and weight were 38.68 ± 9.39 cm and 986.92 ± 756.79 gr, respectively. Maximum and minimum values of total length were in August (44.43 ± 6.37 cm) and March (23.27 ...

mercury content in the liver of zander fish (sander lucioperca) in relation to length, weight, age and sex

the main objective of the present study is investigation of mercury bioaccumulation relation to length, weight, age and sex factors at liver of zander fish. for this purpose, in winter 2005 at western caspian sea shores (from jefroud fishery station to anzali wetland) 21 numbers zander fish were obtained and then after biometry (measuring length, age and weight) and sex determination, the mercu...

Studies on length-weight and length-length relationships of a catfish Eutropiichthyes vacha Hamilton (Schilbeidae: Silurifo-

Present study describes the length-weight (LWR) and length-length (LLR) relationships of a freshwater catfish Eutropiichthyes vacha Hamilton from Indus River, Sindh, Pakistan. A total of 281 specimen of E. vacha were collected from fisherman?s catch from February 2005 to January 2006, are used for this study. The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship were calculated as W= aLb are...