The length-weight relationship and condition factor of yellowspotted puffer Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983 in the Eastern Mediterranean (Yumurtalık Bight, Turkey)

Abstract

The length-weight relationships (LWRs) of fish are helpful in fisheries science. A total of 504 yellowspotted puffer (Torquigener flavimaculosus) specimens (257 female and 247 male) were caught from the Yumurtalık coast of Turkey (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) between 2018 and 2019 by using a trammel net set with a depth range between 5 and 42 m. The sex ratio was found 1:1.08 for males and females, respectively. The length-weight relationship was described for combined both sexes by the following formula W = 0.00130×L3.094 (r² = 0.918) with a positive allometric growth. Fulton condition factor (CF) was calculated as 1.713 ± 0.145 for combined sexes. This study presents the first results available for the length-weight relationships and condition factor of T. flavimaculosus according to both sexes in the Yumurtalık coast of Turkey.

Keywords

• Puffer fish
• Length-weight parameters
• Fullton's Condition
• Trammel net
• Levantine coast
• Turkey

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