Length-weight relationships of Garra rufa, in the Tigris and Persian Gulf basins of Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v3i1.43
Tigris basin Persian Gulf basin Length-weight relationship Morphometrics.

Authors

  • Iraj Hashemzadeh
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    Department of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shahr-e-Kord University, Shahr-e-Kord, Iran.
  • Seyedeh Narjes Tabatabaei Fisheries Department, Natural resources Faculty, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
  • Aghil Mansouri Department of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shahr-e-Kord University, Shahr-e-Kord, Iran.
  • Asghar Abdoli Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Research Institute, University of Shahid Beheshty, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mahdi Ghalenoei Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Research Institute, University of Shahid Beheshty, Tehran, Iran.
  • Kiavash Golzarianpour Faculty of Sciences, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad, Iran.
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): February
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January 8, 2015

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Garra rufa, a bottom dwelling freshwater fish and native to the Middle East, is distributed in the southwestern of Iran and the Tigris basin. Considering the importance of length-weight relationships data of a species in different habitats, the length-weight relationship of G. rufa from 13 rivers in the Persian Gulf and the Tigris basins was explored. The value of exponent b ranged from 2.74 to 3.19 with average of 2.99 in the Tigris basin and 2.96 in the Persian Gulf basin which was in normal range (2.5-3.5). As the length-weight parameters were concluded for each location separately, this information would be useful for further population dynamics researches.