Length–Weight Relationships And Condition Factors Of 16 Fish Species From Northern Tunisian Coasts, Mediterranean Sea

Research Article
Dhaouadi Raouf., BouhalfayaRaja., NjehInes., AbidiBechir., Amara Abdelkader and RejebAhmed
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0810.0909
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Length–weight relationships, Fulton, Elasmobranchii, Teleostei, Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea.
Abstract: 

The aim of this study was to investigate the length–weight relationships of 16 commercial fish species from Northern Tunisian coasts. A total number of 1853 fish specimens were collected between March 2015 and December 2016. Fulton’s condition factor (K) and the length-weight parameters were estimated. There was correlation between the fish total length and weight (R2 range: 0.56 to 0.98). The K values ranged between 0.2±0.03 and 2.6±0.3. The values of b parameter ranged from 2.37 and 3.43 and intercepts (a) between 0.001 and 0.056.