Abstract

Abstract. Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) is a wide-world freshwater fish, and is among the top important aquaculture species of the world. Since there are no available data on the growth pattern ofthis species in Foum El-Khanga Dam Souk-Ahras, Algeria, this study was carried out to determine thecondition factor, length-weight relationship, age and growth. A total of 347 specimens of C. carpio werecollected from Foum El-Khanga Dam (Souk-Ahras, Algeria) by monthly sampling from March 2015 to
February 2016. Significant differences were noticed between the mean length of females (33.44±0.38) and males (30.88±0.31). The age of the examined fishes ranged from 2- to 7-year-old, meanwhile thedominant age group was 3-year-old. The size frequency distributions and the growth parameters wereanalyzed according to ELEFAN method, using FISAT II software. The Von Bertalanffy growth parameters were found as asymptotic length, L8 = 58.28 cm, asymptotic weight, W8 = 2019.76 g, growth coefficient, K = 0.30 year-1, t= -0.47 year for both combined sexes, asymptotic length, L8 = 48.83 cm, asymptotic weight, W8 = 1148.56 g, growth coefficient, K = 0.49 yearo-1, t= -0.29 year for males, and asymptotic length, L8 = 58.28 cm, asymptotic weight, W8 = 2049.84 g, growth coefficient, K = 0.41
year-1, to = -0.34 year for females. Also, the results indicated that L8 and W8 values of females were higher than those of males. The growth performance index was estimated as F́́́́ = 3.008 for combined sexes, F́́́́ = 3.068 for males, and F́́́́ = 3.144 for females. The condition factor indicates good conditions of the C. carpio fish. Moreover, the length-weight relationship was estimated as W = 0.0181 × Lt (the coefficient of determination, R2 = 0.963) for both sexes. Statistical analyses showed that the b coefficient is significantly lower than 3 (negative allometry) for separated and combined sexes (t-test, p < 0.05), as
well as the relationship between the length and the weight exhibited a high correlation.
Key Words: common carp, length-weight relationship, ELEFAN method, growth.

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Item Type:	Journal
Divisions:	» Laboratory for Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems » Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life
ePrint ID:	855
Date Deposited:	2017-07-18
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URI:	https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/publication/article/855

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