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Table 1

Details of female J. coitor sampled from selected stretches of river Ganga.

Stretch Parameters#

  Length (cm) Weight (gm) GSI (units) Condition factor (units) Growth coefficient (b-value of LWR)*
Middle stretch (Patna) 7.5–18.9 5.15–61.02 0.06–9.82 0.61–1.23 3.069
  (12.88 ± 0.21) (22.01 ± 1.15) (0.82 ± 0.10) (0.88 ± 0.01) (0.974, <0.01)
Anterior lower stretch (Farakka) 10.3–18.5 9.25–63.42 0.19–4.75 0.64–1.06 3.011
  (14.48 ± 0.17) (27.51 ± 1) (1.07 ± 0.05) (0.86 ± 0.01) (0.948, <0.01)
Posterior lower stretch (Triveni) 13–28.5 29–261 0.15–10.51 0.64–1.71 2.28
  (19.86 ± 0.47) (93.01 ± 6.06) (3.01 ± 0.3) (1.15 ± 0.03) (0.885, <0.01)
Overall 7.5–28.5 5.15–261 0.06–10.51 0.61–1.71 3.17
  (14.62 ± 0.2) (36.39 ± 1.88) (1.29 ± 0.09) (0.92 ± 0.01) (0.955, <0.01)
#

Data presented in range and mean ± standard error of mean (in parentheses).

*

Calculated using log transformed length–weight data of females and linear regression of length weight relationship (LWR). Calculated value of ‘b’ along with adjusted R2 and p-value of LWR (in parentheses) given.

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