Length-Weight Relationships for Ten Fish Species from Rivers in the Qinling Mountains, China

Table 1

Statistical values and estimated parameters of length-weight relationships for ten fish species from the Qinling Mountains, China.

Family	Scientific name	N	r^2	Range		a	95% CIof a	b	95% CI of b
				SL (cm)	BW (g)
Cyprinidae	Abbottina rivularis	46	0.9714	3.1–16.7	0.8–56.0	0.022	0.013–0.038	2.865	2.544–3.186
	Hemibarbus labeo	247	0.9635	3.7–33.0	2.2–514.5	0.060	0.049–0.073	2.537	2.459–2.615
	Hemibarbus maculatus	645	0.976	3.2–16.5	0.4–75.6	0.017	0.015–0.018	2.982	2.926–3.037
	Onychostoma macrolepis	169	0.9667	3.8–27.0	0.9–395.0	0.016	0.012–0.022	3.011	2.889–3.132
	Opsariichthys bidens	649	0.9656	3.4–20.4	0.6–170.0	0.015	0.014–0.016	3.034	2.998–3.069
	Rhynchocyprislagowskii	907	0.9510	3.4–14.0	0.4–43.2	0.015	0.013–0.016	2.989	2.940–3.037
	Schizothorax prenanti	94	0.9868	3.9–17.8	0.6–78.2	0.013	0.011–0.014	3.072	3.000–3.136
	Sinibrama macrops	41	0.9866	3.2–13.7	0.9–56.1	0.019	0.012–0.030	2.943	2.661–3.225
	Zacco platypus	932	0.9357	2.9–14.9	0.4–66.4	0.014	0.013–0.015	3.079	3.038–3.120
Percichthyidae	Siniperca scherzeri	73	0.9617	5.2–37.0	2.2–980.0	0.021	0.015–0.029	2.972	2.865–3.079

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