Length-weight relationship and condition factor of three endemic fish species, Ponticola bathybius, Neogobius caspius and Neogobius pallasi (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Southern Caspian Sea basin, Iran

Nasrin Nikmehr; Soheil Eagderi; Hadi Poorbagher; Keyvan Abbasi

doi:10.12714/egejfas.38.4.14

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Length-weight relationship and condition factor of three endemic fish species, Ponticola bathybius, Neogobius caspius and Neogobius pallasi (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Southern Caspian Sea basin, Iran

Abstract

In this study, the length-weight relationships (LWRs) and condition factors were estimated for 445 specimens belonging to three gobiid species viz. Ponticola bathybius (Kessler, 1877), Neogobius caspius (Eichwald, 1831) and Neogobius pallasi (Berg, 1916) from the Southern Caspian Sea basin. Total length and total weight of the examined specimens ranged 4.9-28.3 cm and 0.64-263.4 g, respectively. The length-weight parameter b of the studied species found between 2.47 (N. caspius) and 3.45 (N. pallasi) with r2 ranging 0.831 to 0.988. LWR and K parameters are reported first time for N. pallasi from the Caspian Sea basin. The condition factor estimated was calculated from 0.94 (N. pallasi) to 0.98 (N. caspius) and 1.00 (P. bathybius). The basic biological information on the LWRs of these three gobies will be useful as baseline information for further biological research in the region.

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University of Tehran

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97014470

Thanks

This study is a product of project No. 97014470, financially supported by the Iran National Science Foundation and University of Tehran.

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Fisheries Management

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Nasrin Nikmehr
0000-0003-4173-0213
Iran

Soheil Eagderi ^*
0000-0001-8649-9452
Iran

Hadi Poorbagher
0000-0003-0546-8713
Iran

Keyvan Abbasi
0000-0001-5095-2905
Iran

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December 15, 2021

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March 7, 2021

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August 24, 2021

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Year 2021 Volume: 38 Number: 4

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https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.38.4.14

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Nikmehr, N., Eagderi, S., Poorbagher, H., & Abbasi, K. (2021). Length-weight relationship and condition factor of three endemic fish species, Ponticola bathybius, Neogobius caspius and Neogobius pallasi (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Southern Caspian Sea basin, Iran. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 38(4), 523-525. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.38.4.14

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