Length-Weight Relationships of 12 Fish Species from the Köyceğiz Lagoon, Turkey

Authors : İsmail REİS

Pages : 136-144

Doi:10.33714/masteb.722480

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study provides the length-weight relationships of 12 fish species that belong to ten families from the Köyceğiz Lagoon, Turkey; Dicentrarchus labrax insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Diplodus annularis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Diplodus sargus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849; Engraulis encrasicolus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Oreochromis niloticus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758; Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758; Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758; Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775; Solea solea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);; Trachinotus ovatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);. A total of 720 fish samples were collected with fish barrier, trammel net, beach seine and cast-net. The growth type of D. annularis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.148);, D. elopsoides insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.089);, G. niger insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.154);, S. solea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.124); was determined as positive allometry and E. encrasicolus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=2.814);, D. labrax insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=2.764);, T. ovatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=2.901); was determined as negative allometry whereas D. sargus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=2.995);, M. barbatus barbatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.003);, O. niloticus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.088);, S. aurata insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.009); and S. rivulatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b=3.079); showed isometry. The results of this investigation will contribute to further fishery studies in the Köyceğiz Lagoon. 
Keywords : Köyceğiz Lagoon, Lengthweight relationships, Fish barrier