Relationship among body weight, body length, ovary weight and the fecundity of Cyprinus carpio Var. communis in Kashmir Himalaya

Abstract

The study provides the relationship between body weight, body length, ovary weight, absolute fecundity and relative fecundity Cyprinus carpio var. communis. The data reveals that fish weight shows the significant positive correlation with fish length, ovary weight absolute fecundity(r=.878, p<0.01; r=.888, p<0.01; r=.907, p<0.01 respectively). Furthermore significant positive correlation was formed between fish length and ovary weight (r=0.981, p<0.01), fish length and absolute fecundity (r=.976, p<0.01), Ovary weight and absolute fecundity (r=.998, p<0.01). Relative fecundity showed a significant negative correlation with weight, length and absolute fecundity(r=-0.747, p<0.01; r=-0.419, p<0.05and r=-0.460, p<0.05 respectively).