LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS (LWRS) OF CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) AND CORYPHAENA EQUISELIS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM SOUTH-EASTERN ARABIAN SEA

Authors

  • T. B. Retheesh ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, Kerala, India
  • Subal Kumar Roul Puri Field Centre of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Puri, Odisha, India
  • A. R. Akhil ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, Kerala, India
  • E. M. Abdussamad ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, Kerala, India

Keywords:

Dolphinfish, LWRs, Coryphaena hippurus, C, equiselis, Kochi, Kerala

Abstract

This study reports the length-weight relationships of two dolphinfish species, namely Coryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus, 1758) and C. equiselis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the south-eastern Arabian Sea. Specimens in various length groups belonging to both the species were collected between April 2012 and May 2017 from Kerala waters, south-west coast of India. The fishes were caught by hook and line (hook no: VI-X) and drift gill net (mesh size: 90-160 mm). The length-weight relationships were established as TW = 0.0217FL2.786 (r2= 0.967) for C. hippurus and TW = 0.0183FL2.891 (r2=0.993) for C. equiselis.

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T. B. Retheesh, Subal Kumar Roul, A. R. Akhil, & E. M. Abdussamad. (2021). LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS (LWRS) OF CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) AND CORYPHAENA EQUISELIS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM SOUTH-EASTERN ARABIAN SEA. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 7(2). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/2231

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