Morphometrics and length-weight relationship of Schizothorax curvifrons Heckel 1838 in River Jhelum, Kashmir, India.

Schizothorax curvifrons, an indigenous cyprinid fish of Kashmir, forms an important coldwater fishery resource of the valley. This study was aimed to describe the morphometrics and length-weight relationship of S. curvifrons in River Jhelum Kashmir. The various morphometric characters showed high co-efficient of correlation (r) values, indicating that the characters were highly correlated to each other. The length-weight relationship was established logarithmically as Log W = -3.9323 + 2.5863 Log L (r²=0.746) for males, Log W = -4.1708 + 2.6852 (r²=0.745) Log L for females and Log W = -3.9975 + 2.6138 Log L (r²=0.746) for pooled data. The b value (2.6138) was found to be significantly different from 3 indicating negative allometric growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]