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Abstract

The length-weight relationships for three fish species from Beheshtabad River, Karun River Drainage (Western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces, Iran) were investigated. The values of the slope parameter (b) in the length-weight relationship equations were determined as 2.79 for Capoeta damascina, 3.10 for Chondrostoma regium and 3.09 for Oncorhynchus mykiss, all of which were significantly different from the expected b=3 value, indicating a negative allometric growth pattern for Capoeta damascina and positive allometric growth patterns for Chondrostoma regium and Oncorhynchus mykiss..

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Capoeta Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Chondrostoma Growth parameters Oncorhynchus.

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Yazdan KEIVANY, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

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How to Cite
KEIVANY, Y., AALIPOUR, M., SIAMI, M., & MORTAZAVI, S. S. (2015). Length-weight relationships for three species from Beheshtabad River, Karun River Drainage, Iran. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 2(4), 296–298. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v2i4.78

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