scholarly journals Growth parameters of Brycinus longipinnis (Günther, 1864) from the Aghien Lagoon (South East of Côte D’ivoire)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Romuald Sonan Assi ◽  
Awa Traoré ◽  
Martin Kouamé Kouamé ◽  
Innocent Allepo Abe ◽  
Mathurin Koffi

The growth of Brycinus longipinnis caught at Aghien Lagoon was studied between June 2014 and May 2015 through growth type, condition factor and growth parameters according to the Von Bertalanffy model. Sampling was conducted using experimental fisheries. Growth type was determined from the length-weight relationship and growth parameters according to the Von Bertalanffy model from the FiSAT software. The growth was of negative allometric type (b = 2.59). The Brycinus longipinnis population grows faster towards the asymptotic length ((L∞ = 92.40 mm SL) with a growth coefficient K of 0.36 year-1. It is also a long-lived fish species with maximum longevity (tmax) of 8.32 years.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Assi Sonan Romuald ◽  
Boussou Koffi Charles ◽  
Konan Koffi Félix ◽  
Aliko N’Guessan Gustave ◽  
Bony Kotchi Yves ◽  
...  

Demographic structure and level of exploitation of Pellonula leonensis in the Aghien lagoon were examined by applying length-weight relationship (LWR), Condition factor, Von Bertalanffy model, Mortality parameters, Exploitation rate, Recruitment pattern and Beverton and Holt analysis. Fish population were sampled monthly during one year between June 2014 and May 2015 from artisanal and experimental captures in the Aghien Lagoon. Except LWR and the condition factor, studied parameters were provided by the FiSAT II package. The negative allometric growth (b = 2.61) was reported for Pellonula leonensis. Mean values of the condition factor (CF) vary significantly from one month to another (Anova, p ˂ 0.05). Concerning growth parameters, results indicated that the asymptotic length (L∞) has been estimated at 126.84 mm SL, growth coefficient (K) was 0.67 year -1 and growth performance index (Φ') was 2.03. Growth modelization revealed 4 cohorts for Pellonula leonensis. The estimates of the total (Z), natural (M) and fishing (F) mortalities were 1.87, 0.92 and 0.95 year -1 respectively. The recruitment pattern was continuous throughout the year with two Gauss curve. The exploitation rate obtained (E = 0.51) was close to E0.1 (E0.1 = 0.55), thus indicating that the P. leonensis stock is in an optimum state of exploitation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Zülfü Çoban ◽  
Mücahit Eroğlu ◽  
Mustafa Düşükcan

AbstractThis study was carried out to determine some bioecological characteristics of Mastacembelus mastacembelus, which is the only species of Mastacembelidae family living in Turkey. Fish samples were caught between 2014–2018 from Keban Dam Lake, one of the most important reservoirs of the upper Euphrates Basin. In totally, 348 Mastacembelus mastacembelus individuals were examined, including 178 males and 170 females. The age distributions were defined between the I–XV age groups. Total lengths ranged from 14.20 to 81.80 cm in males and from 15.60 to 77.30 cm in females. Total length–weight relationships were calculated as W = 0.0083 × TL2.6516 for males, W = 0.0043 × TL2.8310 for females and W = 0.0063 × TL2.7256 for all population, and the growth type was estimated as “negative allometric”. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters for all individuals were computed as L∞ = 90.99, k = 0.13, t0 = − 0.45. The total (Z), natural (M), fishing (F) mortality rates and exploitation rate (E) were estimated as Z = 0.313, M = 0.270, F = 0.043 and E = 0.137, respectively. The length at first capture (Lc) was found as 50.72. The optimum, maximum and economic yields were calculated as E0.5 = 0.361; Emax = 0.776; E0.1 = 0.664, respectively.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
elin Ertürk Gürkan

This study was carried out to reveal how the aquaculture activities, located near the stream bed, effect the length-weight relations of native freshwater fish. Fish samples were collected on monthly for one year on the Kocabaş Stream (Çanakkale), a trout farm constructed next to stream. Fish specimens were collected from up and down sections of the trout farm and control station selected from another branch of the stream by electrofishing between August 2015-July 2016. The growth type sign; b value in length-weight relationship indicates that both species are in positive allometry at the down station and isometric growth at the upper station. Fish farm might affect the growth type of both species positively due to contribution of extra food resources originated from the farm via discharge of waste water of trout farm at the down section. However, this hypothesis should be tested by proper growth parameters of the fish species.


Author(s):  
Barbara Zorica ◽  
Vanja Čikeš Keč

A sample of 3393 garfish, Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) was captured using a seine net between January 2003 and December 2008, along the eastern Adriatic Sea. The range in total length was 20.8–75.4 cm and in weight was 12.21–639.25 g. Length–length equations for converting size measurements (standard length and fork length to total length (TL)) were linear. In the length–weight relationship, positive allometry was established (b = 3.4818). Age, determined from sagittal otoliths, ranged from 1+ to 8+ years. The estimated von Bertalanffy model growth parameters for garfish were L∞ = 90.3 cm, K = 0.158 year−1, t0 = −0.109. Otolith weight was endorsed as a possible age predictor, as it showed highly exponential correlation with total garfish length and age (Wo = 0.0012 TL2.189; Wo = 0.568t1.486). These findings were used to examine mortality rates and exploitation in order to improve conservation and management of this pelagic species.


2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (7) ◽  
pp. 479-488
Author(s):  
J.A. Viccon-Pale ◽  
P. Ortega ◽  
L. Mendoza-Vargas ◽  
P. Castilla-Hernández ◽  
A. López-Cuevas ◽  
...  

Catch size, sex ratio, structure and dynamics, as well as mortality, of a population of the secondary burrower crayfish Procambarus acanthophorus Villalobos, 1948, from tropical wetland La Mixtequilla, Veracruz, Mexico, were examined. Monthly samples were taken from artisanal commercial captures. A total of 2141 individuals were caught. Although the total female:male ratio was 0.86, variation in sex ratios have also been found in monthly catches. Monthly polymodal frequency distributions of cephalothorax length (CL) were analyzed by the Bhattacharya method. Population catches consisted of six CL classes. The CL-class dynamic may show adaptations to the flood period. Growth parameters were estimated using the von Bertalanffy model. For females, K = 0.39 year−1, CL∞ = 57.30 mm, [Formula: see text] = 3.11, and tmax = 6.73 years were found; it is appropriate that for males, K = 0.40 year−1, CL∞ = 59.00 mm, [Formula: see text] = 3.14, and tmax = 6.59 years were found. We also examined whether water temperature influences the catches or sex ratio.


2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-277
Author(s):  
Salim Serkan Güçlü ◽  
Saud M. Al Jufaili ◽  
Laith A. Jawad

Abstract This work is one of the first studies on the growth of Poecilia latipinna outside its natural habitat. The objective of our study was to investigate the growth parameters of the population of P. latipinna, which is an alien species in Oman (Wadi Al-Bahayes). The population structure of P. latipinna in Wadi Al-Bahayes (Oman; 23°40′47″N; 58°11′36″E) was studied in June and August 2020, using 124 fish. In the course of this study, the number of individuals of each sex, age, weight and size composition were determined. In addition, the total length–weight relationship (LRW) was calculated, as well as the von Bertalanffy growth equation. The mean growth performance (phi prime) and the condition factor were calculated. Males accounted for 37.10% and females for 62.90% of the population. The length–weight relationship and the von Bertalanffy growth equation were W = 0.0214 × L 2.7889 R2 = 0.9212, Lt = 11.46 (1 − e −0.127 (t + 2.71)) for males and Lt = 14.51 (1 − e−0.072 (t + 3.98)) for females. The mean growth performance and the condition factor were calculated as 1.22 for males and 1.18 for females and 1.54 for all specimens. The study shows that the population of the species is characterized by a wide age range. Consequently, monitoring of this alien species is highly recommended.


2000 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 631 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Fairclough ◽  
W. F. Dimmlich ◽  
I. C. Potter

Arripis georgiana was collected from coastal waters in Western Australia and South Australia. The opaque zones on the otoliths were shown to be formed annually and thus their number could be used to age the individuals of this species. Although the catches of A. georgiana in south-western Australia, where spawning occurs, were dominated by the 0+ to 5+ age classes, they did contain females and males up to ten and nine years old, respectively. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters for the two sexes in this region differed significantly, with the asymptotic length (L∞) being significantly greater for females (262 mm) than for males (239 mm), whereas the reverse was true for the growth coefficient (k), i.e. 0.813 v. 0.992. The catches of A. georgiana eastwards of 121˚44′E on the south coast of Western Australia, where spawning does not occur, were dominated by the 0+ to 2+ age classes. The above data, when taken in conjunction with earlier tagging experiments and the marked decline that occurs in the number of 2+ fish in South Australia in summer, imply that, during this period, many two-year-old individuals of A. georgiana start migrating towards their spawning areas in south-western Australia.


2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily B Szalai ◽  
Guy W Fleischer ◽  
James R Bence

A concurrent increase in lakewide abundance and decrease in size-at-age of bloater (Coregonus hoyi) in Lake Michigan have suggested density-dependent growth regulation. We investigated these temporal patterns by fitting a dynamic von Bertalanffy model and length–weight relationship with time-varying parameters to mean length- and weight-at-ages (ages 1–7) from annual surveys (1965–1999). We modeled yearling length, asymptotic size (L[Formula: see text]), and the parameters of a power relationship between mean weight and mean length (α and β) as changing slowly over time using a random walk model. The Brody growth coefficient (k) was modeled as a linear function of L[Formula: see text] with year-specific random deviations. Our results support a positive relationship between L[Formula: see text] and k, indicating that under conditions supporting larger asymptotic lengths, individuals approach the asymptote more rapidly. We explored the relationship between year-specific growth parameters and indices of lakewide bloater abundance and found evidence of density-dependent growth. However, in the most recent years, L[Formula: see text] and yearling length have remained low in Lake Michigan despite low bloater abundances, suggesting the occurrence of a fundamental shift in the food web.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sait BULUT ◽  
Ramazan MERT ◽  
Beklan ALGAN ◽  
Musa ÖZBEK ◽  
Bülent ÜNAL ◽  
...  

Age composition, length-weight relationships, growth, and condition factors of the gibel carp (Carassius gibelio Bloch, 1782) were determined using specimens collected from Seyitler Reservoir between July 2005 to June 2006. A total of 149 gibel carp were observed and examined. The age composition of the samples ranged between I and VII years of age. It has been determined than 82.55% of the obtained samples are comprised of females, 16.11% is comprised of males and 1.34% is comprised of immature. The population is dominated by females able to reproduce gynogenetically. The mean fork lengths and mean weights of the population were 14.8-32.5 cm and 43.1-807.3 g respectively. The length-weight relation were calculated as W = 0.0696 L2.132, r=0.838 for females, for males W = 0.2942 L2.6417 r=0.784 and W = 0.0274 L2.9382, r=0.813 for all samples. The mean Fulton Condition Factor was calculated as 2.342 for females, 2.064 for males and 2.276 for all samples. Age-length and age-weight relations were determined according to von Bertalanffy growth equation formula. Growth parameters of the population were Lt = 48.09 [1-e-0.093(t+0.29)], and Wt=2323.62 [1-e-0.093(t+0.29)]2.9382. The growth performance index value (Ø´) was computed as 5.37 for all specimens.


2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 810
Author(s):  
M. SriHari ◽  
Y. Gladston ◽  
S. M. Ajina ◽  
G. B. Sreekanth ◽  
Rajeev Raghavan ◽  
...  

The indigo barb Pethia setnai is a threatened small cyprinid endemic to the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot of India. In this study, the length–weight relationship and length–frequency-based population dynamics of this species, which are important prerequisites for effective fisheries management, were investigated for the first time based on specimens collected from the Mhadei River in the northern part of the Western Ghats. Estimated von Bertalanffy growth parameters were as follows: theoretical maximum length, L∞, 70.88 mm; growth coefficient, k, 1.50 year–1; and theoretical age at length 0, t0, –0.016 years. Natural mortality of P. setnai was higher than fishing mortality, and the present exploitation level (0.37) was less than 60% of the predicted maximum exploitation, suggesting that the species is not exploited to a level that is detrimental to the local population.


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