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<p>Morphometric and meristic characters are very important for the identification of any fish specimen. The present study aims to describe the morphometric and meristic characters of the indigenous fish <italic>Crossocheilus diplochilus</italic> (Heckel) from Dal Lake. This fish is commonly known as Kashmir latia and is called tether locally. In the present study, the material analyzed was 70 specimens ranging in size from 6.9–13 cm (TL) with a mean length of 10.8 cm and a weight range of 3.2–24.0 g with a mean weight of 10.1 g. The parameters with the highest correlations with total length were standard length and fork length at 0.983 and 0.989, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that all morphometric characters changed proportionally as total length increased. The meristic counts analyzed in the present study remained constant in fish of different sizes indicating that they are independent of body size. The study of morphometric characters is very important to determine the growth rate of these fish, which, in turn, is required to properly manage its populations.</p>
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Morphometric and meristic characters are very important for the identification of any fish specimen. The present study aims to describe the morphometric and meristic characters of the indigenous fish Crossocheilus diplochilus (Heckel) from Dal Lake. This fish is commonly known as Kashmir latia and is called tether locally. In the present study, the material analyzed was 70 specimens ranging in size from 6.9–13 cm (TL) with a mean length of 10.8 cm and a weight range of 3.2–24.0 g with a mean weight of 10.1 g. The parameters with the highest correlations with total length were standard length and fork length at 0.983 and 0.989, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that all morphometric characters changed proportionally as total length increased. The meristic counts analyzed in the present study remained constant in fish of different sizes indicating that they are independent of body size. The study of morphometric characters is very important to determine the growth rate of these fish, which, in turn, is required to properly manage its populations.

Length-weight relationship, morphometric characters, and meristic counts of the coldwater fish <italic>Crossocheilus diplochilus</italic> (Heckel) from Dal Lake

DST Sponsored Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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Length-weight relationship, morphometric characters, and meristic counts of the coldwater fish  (Heckel) from Dal Lake

Morphometric and meristic characters are very important for the identification of any fish specimen. The present study aims to describe the morphometric and...

Length-weight relationship, morphometric characters, and meristic counts of the coldwater fish Crossocheilus diplochilus (Heckel) from Dal Lake

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 29 - 34

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Mar 03, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2021-0003

Keywords
LWR relationship, morphological variation, wild population, Himalaya, India

© 2021 Muzamil Sidiq et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Length-weight relationship, morphometric characters, and meristic counts of the coldwater fish Crossocheilus diplochilus (Heckel) from Dal Lake

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 29 - 34

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Mar 03, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2021-0003

KeywordsLWR relationship, morphological variation, wild population, Himalaya, India

© 2021 Muzamil Sidiq et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
LWR relationship, morphological variation, wild population, Himalaya, India