Assessing the sustainability of lepidophagous catfish, Pachypterus khavalchor (Kulkarni, 1952), from a tropical river Panchaganga, Maharashtra, India

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 1 Descriptive statistics, estimated parameters of LWRs (W = a × L^b) for Pachypterus khavalchor from Panchaganga River (tributary of Krishna River System) of the northern Western Ghats of India sampled during June 2015 to May 2016

Sex	n	SL (cm)		TL (cm)		W (g)		LWRs regression parameters
Sex	n	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	a	CI of a	b	CI of b	Se(b)	r ²	t	p
Male	211	5.74	11.62	7.20	14.74	2.43	30.10	0.001	0.001–0.002	3.586	3.476–3.693	0.049	0.961	11.74	< 0.0001
Female	216	6.56	14.22	7.94	17.05*	3.62	46.46	0.004	0.003–0.006	3.183	3.059–3.317	0.058	0.933	3.15	0.0018
Pooled	427	5.74	14.22	7.20	17.05	2.43	46.46	0.003	0.002–0.004	3.336	3.286–3.451	0.038	0.957	9.49	< 0.0001

Italicized values represent significant difference
SL standard length, TL total length, W Weight, n number of samples, Min minimum, Max maximum, a intercept, b slope, Se(b) standard error of b, Cl 95% confidence limits, r² coefficient of determination, t test for isometry, p level of significance
*New length record