Length-weight relationships and condition factor of fish species from Taï National Park Basins, Côte d’Ivoire – JBES

Kamelan Tanoh Marius, Berté Siaka, Kouamélan Essetchi Paul, N’Douba Valentin

Laboratoire d’Hydrobiologie, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan 22, Cote D’ivoire

Key words: Freshwater fish species, length-weigh relationship, condition, Taï National Park, West Africa.

Abstract

This study describes the length-weight relationships (LWR) and condition factors of twenty-four fish species from eleven families found in rivers of Taï National Park. A total of 1545 specimens were caught by using various mesh size of gill nets between January 2012 and September 2013. Continue reading Length-weight relationships and condition factor of fish species from Taï National Park Basins, Côte d’Ivoire – JBES