Weight-length relationships for 20 Lessepsian fish species caught by bottom trawl on the coast of Iskenderun Bay (NE Mediterranean Sea, Turkey)

Abstract

Weight-length relationships were estimated for 20 Lessepsian fish species of the Iskenderun Bay, namely, Apogon nigripinnis, Apogon queketti, Callionymus flamentosus, Cynoglossus sinusarabici, Dussumieria elopsoides, Etrumeus teres, Fistularia commersonii, Lagocephalus spadiceus, Lagocephalus suezensis, Leiognathus kluzingeri, Nemipterus japonicus, Oxyurichthys petersenii, Saurida undosquamis, Sillago sihama, Siganus luri-dus, Siganus rivulatus, Sphyraena chroysotaeina, Stephanolepis diaspros, Upeneus moluccensis and Upeneus pori. All regressions were found to be significant for all species. This study presents the first estimation of weight-length relationships for six species (A. queketti, E. teres, F. commersonii, L. suezensis, Nemipterus randalli, and S. luridus) inhabiting coastal areas of the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. © 2008 Blackwell Verlag, Berlin.