Length-weight relationships for four fish species from the coast of Benghazi, Libya1
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Length – weight relationship, Fish species, Ben ghazi, LibyaAbstract
In this short paper, we estimated length-weight relationships for four fish species off Benghazi
(Oct-Dec 2023) using W = a Lb on log-transformed data and tested isometry at 0.05. Across 343
individuals, r2 ranged 0.30-0.91; b indicated isometry in L. mormyrus and M. cephalus, negative
allometry in P. forsskali, and an anomalously low value in S. scriba requiring verification. These
baseline support biomass conversion and regional stock assessments.
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