Upeneus vittatus, Forsskal, 1775 (Forsskal, 1775)

Nama, S, Bhushan, S, Jaiswar, A K, Ramteke, K & Pathak, V, 2022, Relationship between fish length and otolith dimensions of Yellow striped goatfish, Upeneus vittatus (Forsskal, 1775) along the Indian coast, Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences 51 (9), pp. 760-765 : 762

Results

In this study, a total of 237 samples were collected randomly from three landing centers. The results of the descriptive statistics are given in Table 1 . The findings revealed that the left and right otoliths of U. vittatus are not significantly different in size from one another. For the Mumbai population, the total length, otolith length, otolith width and otolith weight ranged between 10.45 – 21.44 cm, 0.314 – 0.5962 cm, 0.112 – 0.398 cm and 0.0029 – 0.0089 gm, respectively ( Table 1 ). For the Kakinada population, the total length, otolith length, otolith width, and otolith weight were ranged between 11.67 – 17.52 cm, 0.334 – 0.487 cm, 0.212 – 0.304 cm, and 0.0031 – 0.0075 gm, respectively ( Table 1 ). Similarly, for Puri population the total length, otolith length, otolith width and otolith weight were ranged between 11.87 – 16.59 cm, 0.327 – 0.409 cm, 0.208 – 0.272 cm and 0.002 – 0.0099 gm, respectively ( Table 1 ). Puri population had the highest correlation between fish length and otolith weight (R 2 = 0.9101), followed by Kakinada and Mumbai populations ( Fig. 4a, d, g ). The maximum correlation between fish length and otolith width was observed in the Kakinada population (R 2 = 0.8957), followed by Odisha and Mumbai populations ( Fig. 4b, e, h ). The maximum correlation between fish length and otolith length was observed in the Mumbai population (R 2 = 0.9306), followed by Odisha and Kakinada populations ( Fig. 4c, f, i ).

Figures

Fig. 4 — Relationship between (a – c: Mumbai): a) total length and otolith weight, b) total length and otolith width and c) total length and otolith length; (d – f: Kakinada): d) total length and otolith weight, e) total length and otolith width and f) total length and otolith length; (g – i: Odisha): g) total length and otolith weight, h) total length and otolith width and i) total length and otolith length; of U. vittatus