Length-Weight Relationships of Eight Fish Species in the World’s Largest Water Diversion Project
Table 1
Descriptive statistics and estimated parameters of length-weight relationships for the eight fish species in the middle route of SNWDP.
Families
Species
n
Total length (cm)
Weight ()
Parameters
Min
Max
Min
Max
a
95% CL of a
b
95% CL of b
r2
Xenocyprididae
Hemiculter bleekeri
409
6.8
25.2
1.7
150.3
0.00421
0.00365∼0.00486
3.213
3.158∼3.268
0.970
Hemiculter leucisculus
785
6.5
29.0
1.8
232.3
0.00577
0.00537∼0.00621
3.082
3.056∼3.108
0.986
Opsariichthys bidens
208
4.6
26.1
0.6
261.1
0.00372
0.00321∼0.00431
3.341
3.286∼3.397
0.986
Cyprinidae
Carassius auratus
520
5.8
44.8
2.4
1598.6
0.00965
0.00816∼0.01142
3.205
3.153∼3.257
0.966
Cyprinus carpio
77
16.8
72.0
53.2
6738.8
0.01130
0.00695∼0.01836
3.078
2.945∼3.210
0.966
Gobionidae
Pseudorasbora parva
347
2.3
10.5
0.1
13.6
0.00654
0.00603∼0.00710
3.206
3.158∼3.253
0.980
Acheilognathidae
Acanthorhodeus chankaensis
24
7.2
14.4
5.4
48.1
0.01355
0.00788∼0.02331
3.069
2.838∼3.299
0.971
Rhodeus ocellatus
38
3.5
8.2
0.8
7.9
0.01534
0.01067∼0.02206
2.996
2.802∼3.190
0.964
Note. N: sample size; min and max: minimum and maximum; a and b: intercept and slope; r2: coefficient of determination; CL: confidence interval. New maximum total length record in FishBase.
