In the present study we analysed the length-weight relationships of the most common and abundant mesopelagic fishes of the northwestern Mediterranean: 11 Myctophidae, 1 Gonostomatidae, 1 Phosichthyidae and 1 Sternoptichydae. Data of fish length and weight were fitted to a power function, and estimations of the fitted equation parameters were given as background information for subsequent studies on body condition. The slope estimation was taken as indicative of the relative increase in weight in relation to growth in length. The small fish Cyclothone braueri has a lower allometric coefficient with significant negative value, than that corresponding to larger species such as myctophids (some of them showing positive allometric growth)

40th CIESM Congress: The largest Forum on Mediterranean and Black Sea Research, 28 October - 1 November 2013, Marseille, France.-- 1 page, 1 table

This research was funded by Spanish program CTM2008-04489-C03-01-02

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