Length-weight and length-length relationships in populations of Garra rufa from different rivers and basins of Iran

Yazdan Keivany; Ali Nezamoleslami; Salar Dorafshan; Soheil Eagderi

doi:10.22034/ijab.v3i6.6

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Yazdan Keivany
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Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries Division), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran.
Ali Nezamoleslami Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries Division), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran.
Salar Dorafshan Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries Division), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran.
Soheil Eagderi Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

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This study describes the length-weight and length-length relationships for 28 populations of Garra ruffa in different basins of Iran, including Tigris, Karkheh, Karun, Persis and Hormuz. The length-weight relationships from most localities are reported here for the first time. For most populations the b value was not significantly different from 3, indicating an isometric growth, in a few, it was significantly bigger than 3, indicating a positive allometric growth, and in some, it was significantly smaller than 3, indicating a negative allometric growth. In the whole samples, it was not significantly different from 3, indicating an isometric growth.

Keivany, Y., Nezamoleslami, A., Dorafshan, S., & Eagderi, S. (2016). Length-weight and length-length relationships in populations of Garra rufa from different rivers and basins of Iran. International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 3(6), 409–413. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v3i6.6

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