AGE AND GROWTH OF CAPOETA ERHANI (ACTINOPTERYGII: CYPRINIFORMES: CYPRINIDAE) FROM THE MENZELET RESERVOIR, TURKEY

AYYILDIZ H., Emre Y., Ozen O., Yagci A.

ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA, vol.44, no.2, pp.105-110, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3750/aip2014.44.2.03
  • Journal Name: ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.105-110
  • Keywords: growth rate, sagittal otolith, otolith morphometrics, REPRODUCTION PROPERTIES, UMBLA HECKEL, DAM LAKE, RIVER, FISH, GULDENSTAEDT, TRUTTA, CEYHAN, IRAN, SEA
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background. Capoeta erhani Turan, Kottelat et Ekmekci, 2008 has an economic importance in commercial and recreational fisheries in Turkey. Knowledge of the biology of this species is very scarce. Despite the importance of this species, no research on the population dynamics such as age and growth rates has been conducted. The aim of this study was to determine the age, growth rate, and the relations between the fish size and the otolith size for C. erhani from the Menzelet Reservoir, Turkey.