Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 38(1): 41-44, doi: 10.3750/AIP2008.38.1.06
Weight–length relation of an Asian catfish, Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther, 1864), (Siluriformes: Horabagridae) from rivers of the Western Ghats, Kerala, India
A.P.H. Anvar, G. Prasad, N.K. Balasubramanyam, L.R. Chandran, R.P. RaghavanCorresponding author: A.P.H. Anvar © A.P.H. Anvar, G. Prasad, N.K. Balasubramanyam, L.R. Chandran, R.P. Raghavan. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
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Abstract
Background. The weight–length (W–L) relation was estimated for an endemic catfish, Horabagrus brachysoma (known also as Asian sun catfish, Günther’s catfish, Manjaletta, or Manjakoori). The fish were collected from the four major river systems of Kerala, part of the Western Ghats mountain range, between January 2005 and February 2006. The estimates for the parameter b of the W–L relation (W = aLb) ranged between 2.7623 and 3.17968. Linear regressions on log- transformed data were highly significant (P
Keywords
fish, weight-length relation, endemic catfish, Horabagrus brachysoma