Javid Imanpour  Namin, Elnaz  Nami, Sanam  Heidary, 
    Length-Weight Relationship and Fulton’s 
  Condition Factor of <I>Macrobrachium nipponense</I> (De Haan, 1849) in Southern Coasts of the Caspian Sea, Iran,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 13,Issue 2,
    2014,
    Pages 109-112,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2014.109.112,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2014.109.112)
    Abstract: The Length-Weight Relationship (LWR) and Condition Factors 
  (CF) of 180 the oriental river prawn <I>Macrobrachium nipponense</I> collected 
  from Southern coasts of the Caspian sea from May through September 2012 were 
  studied. Shrimp samples were taken and immediately transferred to the laboratory 
  of fish biology at University of Guilan for further analyses. Length, weight 
  and other external features of all specimens were measured. The total length 
  and body weight of <I>M. nipponense</I> ranged from 1.58-8.8 cm and 0.41-6.27 
  g, respectively. A strong positive relationship was observed between the shrimp 
  length and weight in both sexes (r = 0.81). There were significant differences 
  in the condition factors of males and females (p&lt;0.05). The lowest CF value 
  was observed in June (CF = 0.89&plusmn;0.03) and the highest in July (CF = 1.90&plusmn;0.33). 
  In this study, the regression coefficient (b) was &lt;3.0 for males, females 
  and combined sexes which was reflecting allometric growth of the <I>M. nipponense</I>.
    Keywords: Length-Weight Relationship (LWR);Condition Factor (CF);Macrobrachium nipponense;Caspian sea;combined