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Length-weight relationships (LWRs) for five reef-associated marine finfishes, namely, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792), Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskal, 1775), Acanthurus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835), Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775) and Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) were studied. A total of 944 specimens were measured to obtain the LWRs. The range of slope ‘b’ (2.606 to 2.824) was within the expected range of 2.5-3.5. The intercept ‘a’ ranged from -1.273 to -1.555. LWRs were obtained from well-adjusted linear regressions with r2≥ 0.90. Data presented herein expand the knowledge base for these species in west coast of India, as they have limited or no LWRs data available.

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Reef associated fishes Length-weight relationship Ratnagiri Arabian Sea

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SHETKAR, M., NIRMALE, V., SHETYE, H., & GHATGE, S. (2024). First report on length-weight relationships of five reef associated fish species from Ratnagiri coast (Arabian Sea; central west coast of India). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 11(4), 267–272. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v11i4.1042
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