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Weight-Length Relationship and Fulton's Condition Factor of the Alligator Pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) from the Southeast Coast of India


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1 Aquaculture Laboratory, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India
2 Department of Marine Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
3 Department of Marine and Coastal Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Pudumadam 623 524, India
 

The present study provides information on weight- length relationship (WLR) and Fulton's condition factor (K) of the alligator pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) sampled from Palk Bay (PB) and Gulf of Mannar (GoM) regions, southeast coast of India. The pooled estimate for the parameter b of the WLR for S. biaculeatus (n = 217) was determined to be 1.75, indicating the negative allometric growth pattern (b < 3). The K values ranged from 0.65 to 1.35 (pooled, 0.84) and from 0.68 to 1.27 (pooled, 0.85) for populations of S. biaculeatus collected from PB (n = 120) and GoM (n = 97) respectively. The results may help address the concerns of conservation of S. biaculeatus in the wake of habitat loss and/or incidental by-catch.

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Allometric Growth Pattern, Condition Factor, Population biology, Syngnathoides Biaculeatus, Weight–Length Relationship.
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Authors

S. V. Sanaye
Aquaculture Laboratory, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India
C. U. Rivonker
Department of Marine Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
R. A. Sreepada
Aquaculture Laboratory, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India
Z. A. Ansari
Aquaculture Laboratory, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India
A. Murugan
Aquaculture Laboratory, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 403 004, India
B. Ramkumar
Department of Marine and Coastal Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Pudumadam 623 524, India

Abstract


The present study provides information on weight- length relationship (WLR) and Fulton's condition factor (K) of the alligator pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) sampled from Palk Bay (PB) and Gulf of Mannar (GoM) regions, southeast coast of India. The pooled estimate for the parameter b of the WLR for S. biaculeatus (n = 217) was determined to be 1.75, indicating the negative allometric growth pattern (b < 3). The K values ranged from 0.65 to 1.35 (pooled, 0.84) and from 0.68 to 1.27 (pooled, 0.85) for populations of S. biaculeatus collected from PB (n = 120) and GoM (n = 97) respectively. The results may help address the concerns of conservation of S. biaculeatus in the wake of habitat loss and/or incidental by-catch.

Keywords


Allometric Growth Pattern, Condition Factor, Population biology, Syngnathoides Biaculeatus, Weight–Length Relationship.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi08%2F1605-1609