Length-weight relationships of three fish species from the Yangtze River, China

Abstract

SummaryLength-weight relationships (LWRs) were determined for three endemic fish species [Gobiobotia filifer (Garman, 1912), Homatula potanini (Günther, 1896) and Xenophysogobio boulengeri (Tchang, 1929)] from the Yangtze River in China. Samples were obtained between April 2008 and June 2012 using various types of fishing gear and electroshock fishing techniques. For each species, the sample size, length range, weight range, LWR, 95% confidence intervals of a and b, and coefficient of correlation were determined. Prior to this study, the LWRs for two species [Gobiobotia filifer (Garman, 1912) (Froese, 2006;Froese, Tsikliras, & Stergiou, 2011). Knowledge of the LWRs can be useful to fisheries management and conservation (Cao, Yang, Cai, & Pan, 2016;Pan et al., 2015;Xiong et al., 2015).In this study, the LWRs for Gobiobotia filifer (Garman, 1912), Homatula potanini (Günther, 1896), and Xenophysogobio boulengeri (Tchang, 1929) were determined from the Yangtze River, China. | MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens | RESULTS