Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Fish Sampling
2.3. Laboratory Analyses
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Length-Weight Relationship
3.2. Condition Factors
3.3. Age
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | River | n | a | b | r2 | 95% CI | K [Mean ± SD] | Kn [Mean ± SD] | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. eurystomus | Shakhimardan River basin | 738 | 0.007 | 3.126 | 0.984 | 3.098–3.154 | 1.034 ± 0.133 | 100.765 ± 12.571 | current study |
S. eurystomus | Syr Darya River | 125 | 0.007 | 3.087 | 0.994 | 3.046–3.129 | - | 100.37 ± 8.53 | [19] |
S. fedtschenkoi | Zarafshan River | 30 | 0.012 | 2.949 | 0.989 | 2.848–3.05 | - | - | [29] |
S. intermedius | Tokyrauyn River | - | - | - | - | - | 1.469 ± 0.048 | - | [30] |
River | Species | n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shakhimardan River basin | S. eurystomus | 118 | 105 | 134 | 166 | 191 | 216 | 236 | 253 | 246 | 320 | 343 | - | 415 | Current study |
Tokyrauyn River | S. argentatus | - | - | 140 | - | 222 | 253 | 271 | 302 | 338 | 367 | 398 | 440 | - | [30] |
Kafernigan River | S. intermedius | 119 | 105 | 162 | 223 | 268 | 325 | 415 | 583 | 646 | 722 | - | - | - | [32] |
River | Species | n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shakhimardan River basin | S. eurystomus | 118 | 88 | 114 | 142 | 165 | 187 | 204 | 217 | 214 | 280 | 295 | - | 365 | Current study |
Chirchik River | S. intermedius | - | 90 | 139 | 159 | 217 | 248 | 266 | 278 | - | - | - | - | - | [31] |
Issyk-Kul Lake | S. pseudaksaiensis | - | - | - | - | - | 305 | 326 | 382 | 429 | 451 | 477 | - | - | [23] |
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Karimov, E.; Zeiringer, B.; Coeck, J.; Verhelst, P.; Karimov, B.; Omonov, O.; Schletterer, M.; Hayes, D.S. Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia. Fishes 2024, 9, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9030094
Karimov E, Zeiringer B, Coeck J, Verhelst P, Karimov B, Omonov O, Schletterer M, Hayes DS. Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia. Fishes. 2024; 9(3):94. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9030094
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarimov, Erkin, Bernhard Zeiringer, Johan Coeck, Pieterjan Verhelst, Bakhtiyor Karimov, Otabek Omonov, Martin Schletterer, and Daniel S. Hayes. 2024. "Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia" Fishes 9, no. 3: 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9030094
APA StyleKarimov, E., Zeiringer, B., Coeck, J., Verhelst, P., Karimov, B., Omonov, O., Schletterer, M., & Hayes, D. S. (2024). Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia. Fishes, 9(3), 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9030094