Length‐weight relationship of ten indigenous freshwater fish species from Gandak River, Bihar, India
Summary Ten indigenous freshwater fish species belonging to nine genera and seven families were collected from Gandak River, Bihar, India during December, 2014 to September, 2016. Fishes were caught using Cast nets, Gill nets, Drag nets with mesh size of 15–20 mm, 25–30 mm and 5–10 mm respectively a...
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Published in | Journal of applied ichthyology Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 233 - 236 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Berlin
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01.02.2018
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Ten indigenous freshwater fish species belonging to nine genera and seven families were collected from Gandak River, Bihar, India during December, 2014 to September, 2016. Fishes were caught using Cast nets, Gill nets, Drag nets with mesh size of 15–20 mm, 25–30 mm and 5–10 mm respectively along with Traps. Sampling was done during dry and wet seasons and a total of 682 fish were collected for analysis of their Length–Weight Relationships (LWRs). Analyses included seven species for which no previous LWRs information were available in FishBase, and new maximum lengths were recorded for three species. |
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ISSN: | 0175-8659 1439-0426 |
DOI: | 10.1111/jai.13555 |