Stock Evaluation of the Euryhaline Cichlid, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790), from Significant Brackish and Freshwater Regions of India

Table 4

Sex-wise length-weight regression analysis in three stocks from different habitats.

Stock	n	Sex	a	95% CL of a	b	95% CL of b	R		value
CH	68	Male	0.645	0.715–0.5611	3.264	2.992–3.536	0.973	0.946	0.000
	72	Female	0.722	0.812–0.609	3.574	3.138–4.010	0.976	0.953	0.000
WB	83	Male	0.368	0.537–0.085	2.507	2.130–2.884	0.957	0.916	0.000
	77	Female	0.336	0.582–0.013	2.501	1.906–3.014	0.910	0.829	0.000
GJ	65	Male	0.235	0.029–0.530	2.859	0.312–2.959	0.901	0.851	0.002
	75	Female	0.486	0.705–0.018	2.805	2.023–3.587	0.938	0.880	0.000
All male stock combined			0.442	0.516–0.352	2.675	2.493–2.857	0.965	0.932	0.000
All female stock combined			0.427	0.508–0.326	2.637	2.441–2.832	0.970	0.941	0.000
All sex stock combined			0.648	0.0.669–0.626	3.243	3.163–3.324	0.970	0.941	0.000

CH: Chilika-Odisha, WB: West Bengal, and GJ: Gujarat.