Weight-length relationship and relative condition factor of <i>Micropterus salmoides</i> (Lacépède, 1802), <i>Cyprinus carpio</i> (Linneaus, 1758) and <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in the Al-Massira Dam Lake

Abstract

The current study describes the length-weight relationships and relative condition factors (Kr) of three species during the period (September 2020January 2021). For this purpose, 137 fish were sampled. The “size-weight”relationships thus established for each species are: Largemouth Bass : Tw = 0.0055Tl 3.2816 , Cyprinus carpio : Tw = 0.0148 Tl 2.9417 and Oreochromis niloticus : Tw = 0.0304 Tl 2.8386 . These results showed positive allometry for the first species ( Micropterus salmoides ) and a negative one for the two other species. The relative condition factor (Kr) is higher than one, which shows that these species are in good conditions at the Al-Massira dam.