Morphometric Characteristics, Length-Weight Relationships, and Condition Factors of Five Indigenous Fish Species from the River Ganga in Bihar, India

Table 1

The relationship between TL and the SL, PDL, PPL, PVL, PAL, CPD, HL, SNL, ED, POL, IOL, CFL, and BD of five fish species from the River Ganga, Bihar, India.

	B. barila	C. reba	C. nama	M. bleekeri	C. garua
	Correlation r	Correlation r	Correlation r	Correlation r	Correlation r
TL vs. SL	0.983	0.995	0.990	0.984	0.908
TL vs. PVL	0.923	0.968	0.977	0.959	0.916
TL vs. BD	0.916	0.958	0.775	0.832	0.834
TL vs. PPL	0.914	0.942	0.911	0.877	0.848
TL vs. PAL	0.910	0.976	0.961	0.950	0.932
TL vs. HL	0.910	0.965	0.932	0.934	0.936
TL vs. SNL	0.903	0.720	0.829	0.741	0.818
TL vs. POL	0.901	0.906	0.879	0.831	0.736
TL vs. ED	0.895	0.877	0.978	0.886	0.887
TL vs. CPD	0.892	0.948	0.856	0.874	0.865
TL vs. PDL	0.888	0.991	0.976	0.941	0.910
TL vs. IOL	0.873	0.912	0.941	0.826	0.775
TL vs. CFL	0.802	0.937	0.915	0.848	0.776

TL: total length, SL: standard length, PDL: predorsal length, PPL: prepectoral length, PVL: preventral length, PAL: preanal length, CPD: caudal peduncle depth, HL: head length, SNL: snout length, ED: eye diameter, POL: postorbital length, interorbital length, CFL: caudal fin length, and BD: body depth.