Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

FIRST REPORT ON LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT FISHES IN POTAMON ZONE OF THE RIVER KOSI, SUPAUL, BIHAR, INDIA

Gyan Chandra, Parmanand Prabhakar, Sarvendra Kumar and Vivek Shrivastava

Abstract

The length-weight relationships of five fishes: Mystus tengara, Mystus bleekeri, Ailia coila, Aspidoparia jaya, and Cabdio morar of Koshi River, Bihar, India, were estimated. The study is the first report on the LWR of these five species from Koshi River, Bihar. The relationships were calculated using the formula: Log W = Log a + b Log L and length-weight parameters (“a” and “b”), and coefficients of determination (r2) were determined. The regression coefficient (b) values are 2.51, 3.38, 1.93, 2.62, and 2.63 for Mystus tengara, Mystus bleekeri, Ailia coila, Aspidoparia jaya, and Cabdio morar specimens, respectively.