Morphometric Characteristics, Length-Weight Relationships, and Condition Factors of Five Indigenous Fish Species from the River Ganga in Bihar, India
Table 3
Descriptive statistics and estimated LWRs parameters of five fish species from the River Ganga, Bihar, India.
Species
N
TL
TW
Regression parameters
Allometric growth pattern
Min (mm)
Max (mm)
Mean (mm)
Maximum length reported from FB (mm)
Min (gm)
Max (gm)
Mean (gm)
95% CL b
95% CI r
a
b
r
B. barila
106
67.90
97.06 ± 16.44
100.0
2.43
21.84
8.51 ± 4.61
3.12–3.36
0.965–0.984
0.00000279
3.241
0.976
+Allometric
C. reba
95
65.00
201.0
119.66 ± 20.21
300.0
4.00
81.41
16.57 ± 10.42
2.79–3.05
0.902–0.956
0.00001290
2.920
0.939
−Allometric
C. nama
54
45.10
86.10
65.47 ± 10.04
110.0
0.81
06.85
2.85 ± 1.46
3.01–3.38
0.929–0.976
0.00000148
3.192
0.958
+Allometric
M. bleekeri
159
58.75
119.40
88.29 ± 8.94
177.0
1.36
18.00
6.05 ± 2.56
2.85–3.18
0.843–0.913
0.00600000
3.013
0.883
Isometric
C. garua
143
92.91
216.08
146.89 ± 21.47
609.0
5.54
65.09
21.69 ± 10.70
2.99–3.29
0.926–0.961
0.00400000
3.145
0.946
+Allometric
N: number of the sample, TL: total length, TW: total weight, Min: minimum, Max: maximum, FB: fish base, CL: confidence of limit, CI: confidence of interval, r: coefficient of determinant, new maximum total length, +positive allometric growth, and −negative allometric growth. The data are expressed as mean ± SD (standard deviation).
