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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2005 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 1112-1114
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1112.1114
Weight Length and Condition Factor Relationship of a Fresh Water Wild Puntius chola from Islamabad, Pakistan
Abdus Salam, Muhammad Naeem and Shehnaz Kauser

Abstract: In the present study fifty two fresh water wild Puntius chola of variable sizes ranging from 5.0-9.5 cm total length and 1.95-13.02 g body weight were sampled from the reservoir of fish seed hatchery Rawalpindi to investigate the parameters of weight-length and condition factor. Log transformed regressions were used to test the allometric growth. Each fish was measured and weighed. It was observed that growth in weight is almost proportional to the cube of its length. The value of the slope b = 2.80 which coincides with the slope of that of an ideal fish. Condition factor (K) remains fairly constant with increasing length or weight. Regression parameters were found to be highly significant.

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Abdus Salam, Muhammad Naeem and Shehnaz Kauser, 2005. Weight Length and Condition Factor Relationship of a Fresh Water Wild Puntius chola from Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 1112-1114.

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