Length-weight relationships of 10 fish species from two tributaries of the Indus River Basin in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Length-weight relationship, morphometric and meristic controlling elements of three freshwater fish species inhabiting North-Western Himalaya

“…Meristic counts remained constant despite the size differences among the , which clearly indicate that meristic counts are not dependent on the body size of the fish. Our results coincide with the findings of other researchers who also observed similar pattern of growth in different fish species (Bashir et al, 2015;Ahmad & Ahmed, 2019).…”

Length- weight relationship of six coldwater food fish species of River Poonch, Pir Panjal Himalaya, India.

“…Although some work on LWR of important food fish species such as S. richardsonii, G. gotyla, B. biridi, C. diplocheilus and T. putitora inhabiting the river Poonch has been reported in the past, while LWR of M. armatus inhabiting in river Poonch was first time reported in this study. Bashir et al (2015) reported values of 'b' for S. richardsonii (2.96) and C. diplocheilus (2.99) from Indus basin Jammu and Kashmir, which are slightly lower than the values obtained in the present study. The 'b' values of G. gotyla (2.17),B.…”

“…Lot of work on LWR of different fish species has been reported from various parts of the world (Moutopoulos and Stergiou, 2002;Muchlisin et al 2010;Mortuza and Alminsed, 2013;Kembenya et al, 2014;Gumano et al, 2016), as well from india (Dhanze and Dhanze, 1997;Sunil, 2000;Serajuddin, 2005;Haniffa et al, 2006;Bhat et al, 2010;Khan et al, 2012;Mir et al, 2012;Khan and Sabah, 2013;Gogoi and Goswami, 2014;Kashyap et al, 2015). However, a very limited information about LWR of fish species habituating in River Poonch, which is an important tributary of Indus River system (Bashir et al, 2015;Sharma et al, 2015). Therefore, the present study was conducted to estimate the LWR of six coldwater indigenous food fish species inhabiting the River Poonch of Pir Panjal Himalayan region.…”