Title
Length-weight relationship of twelve mesopelagic fishes from the western Tropical Atlantic
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Eduardo L.N.
Mincarone M.M.
Lucena-Frédou F.
Martins J.R.
Afonso G.V.F.
Villarins B.T.
Frédou T.
Lira A.S.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Abstract
Length-weight relationship parameters were calculated for twelve mesopelagic fish species from the western Tropical Atlantic: Diretmus argenteus, Melamphaes polylepis, Bolinichthys distofax, Diaphus lucidus, Diaphus splendidus, Electrona risso, Hygophum taaningi, Taaningichthys bathyphilus, Melanolagus bericoides, Winteria telescopa, Diplophos taenia, Astronesthes similus. Data was collected off northeastern Brazil from April 9th to May 6th, 2017. Hauls were conducted during day and night at 47 stations by using a micronekton trawl (body mesh: 40 mm, cod-end mesh: 10 mm) from 10 to 1,113 m depth. The material was fixed in a 4% formalin solution for 1 month and then preserved in a 70% alcohol solution for proximally 6 months before processing for length (nearest 0.1 cm of standard length) and weight (nearest 0.01 g of total weight). A new maximum standard length for Winteria telescopa is also provided.
Start page
845
End page
848
Volume
36
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85089698020
Source
Journal of Applied Ichthyology
ISSN of the container
01758659
Sponsor(s)
Funding text 1 We acknowledge the French oceanographic fleet for funding the at‐sea survey ABRACOS 2 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.17600/17004100 ) and the officers and crew of the RV for their contribution to the success of the operations. The present study was also supported by the lab assistance of the BIOIMPACT (UFRPE) and LIZ (UFRJ) students. We thank the CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), which provided research grant to Flávia Lucena Frédou. The first author is supported by CAPES (88882.436215/2019‐01) and FUNBIO/Humanize under the grant “Programa Bolsas Funbio ‐ Conservando o Futuro 2018 (011/2019)”. This study is a contribution to the LMI TAPIOCA, program CAPES/COFECUB (88881.142689/2017‐01), EU H2020 TRIATLAS project under Grant Agreement 817578. The NPM Fish Collection has been supported by the project MULTIPESCA (FUNBIO) under the grant ‘Pesquisa Marinha e Pesqueira’, contract 104/2016. Antea Funding text 2 We acknowledge the French oceanographic fleet for funding the at-sea survey ABRACOS 2 (http://dx.doi.org/10.17600/17004100) and the officers and crew of the RV Antea for their contribution to the success of the operations. The present study was also supported by the lab assistance of the BIOIMPACT (UFRPE) and LIZ (UFRJ) students. We thank the CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), which provided research grant to Fl?via Lucena Fr?dou. The first author is supported by CAPES (88882.436215/2019-01) and FUNBIO/Humanize under the grant ?Programa Bolsas Funbio - Conservando o Futuro 2018 (011/2019)?. This study is a contribution to the LMI TAPIOCA, program CAPES/COFECUB (88881.142689/2017-01), EU H2020 TRIATLAS project under Grant Agreement 817578. The NPM Fish Collection has been supported by the project MULTIPESCA (FUNBIO) under the grant ?Pesquisa Marinha e Pesqueira?, contract 104/2016.
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