Some Biological aspects of Russian sturgeon broodstocks, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 in southeastern Caspian Sea (Case study; Torkaman & Mian-Ghale Fishing Stations)

Alavi-Yeganeh, Mohammad Sadegh; Falahatkar, Bahram

Some Biological aspects of Russian sturgeon broodstocks, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 in southeastern Caspian Sea (Case study; Torkaman & Mian-Ghale Fishing Stations)

Authors

Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh ¹

Bahram Falahatkar ²

¹ Assistance Prof. In Tarbiat Modares Uni., Faculty Of Marine Science, Dep Of Marine Biology.

² Associated Prof.

Abstract

Length-weight relationship, age range and fecundity of 40 specimens of the Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, collected from two fishing stations in the southeastern Caspian Sea, were determined. Average length (TL) and weight were 129.5 cm and 12.7 kg for males and 145.8 cm and 22.15 kg for females, respectively. Absolute fecundity was 184000 in average and condition factor calculated 0/58 and 0/7 for male and females, respectively. Average age for males and females was 12.7 and 14.6 years, respectively. All these factors were lower than previous records from the Volga river estuary. Length-weight relationships results demonstrated isometric growth pattern with average slope of 2.978 and 2.822 for males and females respectively. These values were not statistically different between sexes (p> 0.05), but using this relationships for each sex separately will be useful for more reliable results especially in broodstock studies.

Keywords

Acipenser gueldenstaedtii

Length-weight relationship

Fecundity

Caspian sea