Length‐weight relationship of fish species from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea‐Bissau. (27th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Correia, E.; Granadeiro, J. P.; Regalla, A.; Catry, P.
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied ichthyology. Volume 34:Number 1(2018:Feb.)
• Page Start: 177
• Page End: 179
• Publication Date: 2017-11-27
• Subjects: Fishes -- Periodicals; Fish culture -- Periodicals; Fisheries -- Periodicals; Ichthyology -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jai.13522
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0175-8659

Abstract

Summary: Length–weight relationships were estimated for six teleost fish species occurring in Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea‐Bissau. Samples were collected seasonally during three dry seasons (2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016) and two rainy seasons (2015 and 2016). Fishes were captured by three methods: angled from the beach or a boat; using beach seine with a mesh size ranging 0.5–1 cm; drift netting from a boat (mesh size 2 cm). This work provides the length‐weight relationship for three fish species that are not reported in FishBase ( Citharichthys stampflii, Gerres nigri and Psettodes belcheri ) as well as for three species from which we present a wider size range ( Eucinostomus melanopterus, Scomberomorus tritor and Sphyraena afra ).