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ASSESSMENT OF THE LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF THE ENDEMIC FISH BARBODES CARNATICUS (JERDON, 1849) IN A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, INDIA

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Title ASSESSMENT OF THE LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF THE ENDEMIC FISH BARBODES CARNATICUS (JERDON, 1849) IN A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, INDIA
 
Creator RAMYA, VIJAYAKUMAR LEELA
BEHERA, BIJAY KR
DAS, BASANTA KUMAR
KRISHNA, GOPAL
PAVAN KUMAR, ANNAM
PATHAN, MUJHID KHAN
 
Subject B. carnaticus
Growth
Stock
Length-weight relationship
Relative condition factor
Western Ghats
 
Description The health of an ecosystem is dependent on its flora and fauna; however, endemic species are essential for balancing the ecosystem's biota. Climate change, environment, gonad maturity, sex, food, and specimen wellness are some of the variables that might affect the fish length-weight association. The current study intends to determine the length-weight relationship (LWR) and condition factor of Barbodes carnaticus, an indigenous species found in the Western Ghats rivers. A total of 153 specimens were collected from four different stocks of the species from Peninsular India during the 2019 monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. The regression coefficient's value varied between 2.61 and 3.14. The difference between males and females was not significant (independent t-test, p>0.05). The computed pooled length-weight regression equation, Log W = -1.5537+2.7472 Log L, showed negative allometric growth. The fact that the male and female groups’Fulton’s relative condition factor (Kn) values were larger than one suggests that the fish was generally in good health. This is the first report on the length-weight association between several peninsular Indian stocks of B. carnaticus.
 
Publisher Inland Fisheries Society of India
 
Date 2024-08-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFSI/article/view/153747
10.47780/jifsi.55.4.2023.153747
 
Source Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India; Vol. 55 No. 4 (2023): Journal of Inland Fisheries Society of India; 396-402
0379-3435
10.47780/jifsi.55.4.2023.%a
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFSI/article/view/153747/55406
10.47780/jifsi.55.4.2023.153747