Biometric Analysis and Length Weight Relationship of Carassius Carassius (Linneaus 1758) in Dal Lake, Kashmi r

This study was aimed to describe the morphometries, meristic and length weight relationship of C. carassius in Dal Lake, Kashmir based on 180 specimens for a period of six months. The total length ranged from 88.62 mm to 177.45 mm with the corresponding weight of 8 gm and 86.5 gm respectively. Thirteen morphometric measurements were observed and the coefficient of determination (R²) value was highest between total length and standard length (0.946) and least between head length and snout length (0.503) indicating high degree of relationship between the characters compared. The fin formula of the fish was D(I/18-19); A(I/7); P₁(11-13); P₂(8-9); C(19-22); LL(30-33): LLP(13-20). The coefficient of determination (R²) for length-weight relationship was 0.872 for females, 0.855 for males and 0.868. The value of “b” for male fish was 3.016 and for females was 3.002. The ‘b’ for pooled data was 3.054 that showed almost isometric growth in the fish.