The length-weight relationships of three sharks and five batoids in the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean.

Myriam Lteif (1) , R. Mouawad (2) , Sharif Jemaa (2) , Gaby Khalaf (2) , Philippe Lenfant (1) , Marion Verdoit-Jarraya (1)

1 CEFREM - Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens
2 CNRS-L - National Council for Scientific Research = Conseil national de la recherche scientifique du Liban [Lebanon]

Length-weight relationships were estimated for 8 elasmobranchs (3 sharks and 5 batoids) in the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean. The values of parameter b ranged between 1.752±0.4508 and 3.337±0.2321. Sex influenced the length-weight relationships for the shark Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque 1801) and the batoid Torpedo marmorata (Risso 1810). These relationships should be used only with the observed length ranges.

Keywords: Lebanon; Length-weight; Cartilaginous fish; Elasmobranchs

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Animal biology

Myriam Lteif, R. Mouawad, Sharif Jemaa, Gaby Khalaf, Philippe Lenfant, et al.. The length-weight relationships of three sharks and five batoids in the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean.. The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 2016, 42 (4), pp.475-477. ⟨10.1016/j.ejar.2016.09.008⟩. ⟨hal-01485132⟩