Length-weight relationships of ten teleost fish species from seagrass meadows at the Canary Islands (North-eastern Atlantic)

Espino F., Triay-Portella R., González J.A., Haroun R., Tuya F.

Published date: December 2016
Volume: 40
Number: 4
Pagination: 323-325
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2016-404-006
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How to cite: Espino, F., Triay-Portella, R., González, J. A., Haroun, R., & Tuya, F. (2016). Length-weight relationships of ten teleost fish species from seagrass meadows at the Canary Islands (North-eastern Atlantic). Cybium, 40(4): 323-325. https://doi.org/10.26028/CYBIUM/2016-404-006

Abstract

This paper reports on the length-weight relationships of ten teleost fish species inhabiting seagrass meadows constituted by the marine angiosperm Cymodocea nodosa from the Canary Islands (North-eastern Atlantic): Bothus podas, Xyrichtys novacula, Mullus surmuletus, Sparisoma cretense, Diplodus annularis, Pagellus erythrinus, Spondyliosoma cantharus, Syngnathus typhle, Canthigaster capistrata and Sphoeroides marmoratus. A total of 1,396 individuals were collected using a seine net. These equations represent the first biological data for C. capistrata and S. marmoratus throughout their distribution range, as well as the first length-weight relationships for B. podas, X. novacula, S. typhle, C. capistrata and S. marmoratus from the study region, and they will be a useful tool to increase the ecological knowledge of these species.

Keywords: Bothidae - Canary Islands - Eastern Atlantic - Labridae - Length-weight relationship - Mullidae - Scaridae - Sparidae - syngnathidae - Tetraodontidae
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