ORIGINAL RESEARCH
published: 27 July 2021
doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.625422
Length-Weight Relationship of 60
Fish Species From the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea, Egypt
(GFCM-GSA 26)
Sahar F. Mehanna 1* and Alam Eldeen Farouk 2
1
Fish Population Dynamics Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt, 2 Central Laboratory
for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Egypt
Edited by:
Les Watling,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,
United States
Reviewed by:
Isabella Bitetto,
COISPA Tecnologia and Ricerca, Italy
Myriam Khalfallah,
University of British Columbia,
Canada
*Correspondence:
Sahar F. Mehanna
sahar_mehanna@yahoo.com
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a section of the journal
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Received: 06 November 2020
Accepted: 24 June 2021
Published: 27 July 2021
Citation:
Mehanna SF and Farouk AE
(2021) Length-Weight Relationship
of 60 Fish Species From the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea, Egypt
(GFCM-GSA 26).
Front. Mar. Sci. 8:625422.
doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.625422
Length-weight relationships (LWRs) are described for 60 important pelagic and demersal
fish species caught during fishing surveys using trawl fishing gear in the Eastern
Mediterranean, Egypt (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean GFCM-GSA
26), and the data collected from the commercial catch during the period from July 2017
to December 2018. Linear regression using natural logarithmic transformation data was
performed to calculate the a and b coefficients of LWR for 60 fish populations covering
23 families, 43 genera, and 60 species inhabiting GSA 26. The samples size, minimum
and maximum lengths and weights with their mean and SD, LWR constants, ± 95%
confidence interval (CI) of b, r 2 , and the type of growth were calculated and summarized.
This study reports the first LWR estimates for 35 species in the Egyptian waters of the
Mediterranean Sea.
Keywords: GFCM-GSA26, Mediterranean Sea, length-weight relationship, growth, Egypt
INTRODUCTION
Egyptian fisheries contribute a great deal to food security and therefore play a very important role
in the economy of the country. In Egypt, there are three main fish resources: marine fisheries (the
Mediterranean and the Red Seas), inland fisheries (lakes and the Nile River), and aquaculture.
Fisheries and aquaculture supplied Egypt with 1.9 million tons of fish in 2018, mostly used
for domestic consumption. Egypt has two separate Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs): one of
169,125 km2 in the Mediterranean with a shelf area of 31,017 km2 , and the other of 91,279 km2
in the Red Sea with a shelf area of 23,180 km2 a . The Egyptian marine fisheries yield up to 100,000
tons of a large variety of commercial fish, Mollusca and Crustacean species (62,000 and 38,000 tons
from the Mediterranean and the Red Seas, respectively).
The Egyptian Mediterranean coast is divided into four main fishing grounds namely; the
Western region (Alexandria and El-Mex, Abu-Qir, Rosetta, El-Maadiya, and Mersa Matrouh), the
Eastern region (Port Said and El-Arish), the Damietta region, and the Nile Delta region (General
Authority for Fish Resources Development, 2018).
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FIGURE 1 | General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean sub-areas (GFCM GSAs).
FIGURE 2 | Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt (GSA 26) showing the main landing sites.
Demersal fishes are important species landed by the industrial
and the artisanal fleet from the Egyptian coastal waters of the
Mediterranean Sea constituting about 33% of total fish yield in
Egypt (Statistical fish book, 1991–2018). This is equivalent to
about Egyptian 1,500 million Egyptian pound per year (about
or ≈ 100 million US$). While the small and large pelagics and
semipelagics constitute about 67% of the total fish yield from the
Egyptian Mediterranean, achieving about 2,000 million LE (about
or ≈ 133 million US$) (Mehanna, 2019a).
To estimate the biomass of different fish populations, it
is necessary to know the length-weight relationships (LWRs)
of the studied species. LWR is of great importance in fish
stock assessments (Garcia et al., 1989; Haimovici and Velasco,
2000). Length and weight measurements in conjunction with
age data can give information on the stock composition, age
at maturity, life span, mortality, growth, and production (Diaz
et al., 2000; Frota et al., 2004; Froese, 2006). For fish, size
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is representative of age, diet, and other physiological and
environmental factors. Theoretically, size is representative of
age because fishes never cease to grow in size and size is
dependent on external factors, not the opposite. Consequently,
variability in size has important implications for diverse aspects
of fisheries science and population dynamics (Erzini, 1994).
Length-weight regressions have been used frequently to estimate
weight from length because direct weight measurements can be
time-consuming in the field (Sinovcic et al., 2004). Generally,
LWR of fish is used to estimate the wellbeing of fish, its
biomass from length observation, the conversion of growth in
length equations to growth in weight, and it is also useful
for between-region comparisons of the life history of species
(Pauly, 1993; Goncalves et al., 1997; Binohlan and Pauly, 1998;
Stergiou and Moutopoulos, 2001).
In this study, the LWRs were estimated for 60 demersal and
pelagic fish species that are the most dominant and commercial
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TABLE 1 | Common fish species in the GSA 26, including family name, the scientific name of species, total number, length and weight range, and the mean ± SD.
Family
Sparidae
Carangidae
Serranidae
Triglidae
Centracanthidae
Solidae
Bothidae
Clupeidae
Nemipteridae
Scientific name
No.
Length range (cm)
Weight range (g)
Min
Max
Mean
Min
Max
Mean
220.9 ± 141.3
Sparus aurata
659
10
35.6
23.5 ± 5.7
16
660
Pagellus erythrinus
1,326
4.2
30.1
15.1 ± 5.5
2
400
69.7 ± 78.2
P. acarne
378
9.1
24
15.5 ± 3.4
11
160
38.3 ± 24.6
Boops boops
815
9
27
16.5 ± 3.4
7
190
46.7 ± 26.3
Lithognathus mormyrus
654
8
22.9
15.4 ± 2.2
8
140
49.5 ± 20.4
Diplodus annularis
444
11
28
18.6 ± 3.5
22
325
96.9 ± 60.2
D. sargus
350
12
38
19.7 ± 3.3
23
850
109.8 ± 61.6
D. vulgaris
473
9.5
25
14.2 ± 1.8
10
250
85.8 ± 31.1
D. cervinus hottentotus
200
12
30
18.1 ± 2.5
25
400
99.1 ± 53.3
Pagrus pagrus
300
15
35
23.3 ± 4.5
35
650
203.3 ± 120.6
Dentex dentex
450
16
51
26.2 ± ± 1.7
45
1,750
290.8 ± 110.1
Trachurus trachurus
540
10
27
16.7 ± 3.7
11
170
47.2 ± 31.7
T. mediterraneus
480
10
26.5
16.2 ± 3.5
10
160
41.1 ± 18.9
Epinephelus aenus
98
35
100
50.2 ± 5.8
700
11,000
1550.3 ± 221.8
Serranus hepatus
389
5
18.2
12.7 ± 3.9
3.8
65
29.4 ± 21.5
Serranus cabrilla
321
7
23
15.6 ± 2.8
8
135
58.9 ± 25.8
Chelidonichthys lucerna
565
8
29
17.3 ± 3.1
7.9
250
52.7 ± 28.5
Trigloporus lastovisa
632
6
25
14.4 ± 2.7
2.8
160
43.2 ± 20.6
Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei
480
7
17.9
13.1 ± 1.9
3.9
75
28.5 ± 9.1
Spicara flexusa
320
7.1
23.2
15.2 ± 3.1
4
120
36.4 ± 22.8
29.4 ± 11.6
S. maena
380
7.5
22.9
13.4 ± 2.2
5.2
105
S. smaris
350
5.8
17.3
12.1 ± 2.0
2.2
60
18.2 ± 9.1
Solea solea
478
11
39
21.8 ± 3.5
11.5
670
101.6 ± 54.4
60.3 ± 43.5
S. aegyptiaca
510
9.9
31
18.3 ± 3.3
9
345
Microchirus ocellatus
400
6
21
11.8 ± 1.8
4
70
22.7 ± 5.3
Pegusa impar
410
7
22
12.6 ± 2.1
6.9
100
40.1 ± 20.2
Pegusa lascaris
380
13.9
29
20.8 ± 3.4
20
265
99.3 ± 45.6
Bothus poda
538
5
22.9
12.8 ± 2.9
1.6
140
26.2 ± 9.1
Arnoglosus laterna
315
7
20.5
12.1 ± 2.1
2.5
60
14.4 ± 3.4
Sardina pilchrdus
600
6.2
26
15.8 ± 1.9
2.1
145
40.3 ± 3.6
Sardinella aurita
870
8.1
23
12.9 ± 2.5
3.8
85
18.5 ± 10.0
47.7 ± 10.3
Etreumus teres
630
9
25
16.8 ± 3.8
7.9
170
Herktotsichthys punctatus
900
5
11.7
7.9 ± 0.9
1
15
5.5 ± 1.3
Nemipterus randalli
385
9
27
15.6 ± 3.4
8.5
330
72.6 ± 55.2
Nemipterus zysron
372
13
34
23.6 ± 4.1
19.9
395
145.8 ± 72.8
Nemipterus japonicus
457
6
34
22.9 ± 5.9
4
500
183.1 ± 111.7
Merluccidae
Merluccius merluccius
530
15.1
63
26.4 ± 5.3
25
2,000
127.0 ± 82.8
Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sphyraena
249
15
84
49.9 ± 9.5
17
1,940
642.5 ± 325.6
Mullus surmuletus
630
6
29.1
17.4 ± 5.1
1.8
300
80.5 ± 68.2
M. barbatus
600
5
24.5
14.4 ± 4.4
1.5
175
40.1 ± 33.7
Upeneus pori
628
8
19
12.9 ± 1.9
7
70
22.6 ± 5.1
U. moluccensis
601
9
21.2
14.5 ± 2.4
8
90
30.3 ± 5.3
Moronidae
Dicentrarchus labrax
418
19
64
30.4 ± 7.8
60
2,850
344.1 ± 235.5
D. punctatus
513
13
35
23.3 ± 3.8
24
390
116.8 ± 60.1
Synodontidae
Saurida undosquamis
361
9.5
31
18.3 ± 5.3
5.4
214
54.5 ± 51.7
Synodus saurus
330
13
33
23.2 ± 5.0
17.1
335
113.4 ± 90.4
Mullidae
Siganidae
Siganus rivulatus
430
10
26.3
17.9 ± 3.8
11
225
79.1 ± 33.7
Hemiramphidae
Hemiramphus far
510
15
31
22.9 ± 2.3
24
160
73.5 ± 22.1
Mugilidae
Mugil cephalus
480
19
60
34.9 ± 6.5
63
2,065
425.3 ± 243.9
Liza ramada
600
12
42
25.9 ± 5.1
20
725
152.4 ± 96.5
L. aurata
520
14
31
22.2 ± 2.5
21
265
88.1 ± 21.3
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TABLE 1 | Continued
Family
Scientific name
No.
Length range (cm)
Min
Max
Weight range (g)
Mean
Min
Max
Mean
L. saliens
400
13
21
16.4 ± 1.9
20
90
49.3 ± 13.2
Chelon labrosus
400
17
35
24.2 ± 3.9
50
455
149.9 ± 77.7
Citharidae
Citharus linguatula
400
6
20.5
12.7 ± 3.1
1
70
23.8 ± 5.3
Balistidae
Balistes capriscus
240
16
53
24.1 ± 5.6
180
1,700
320.7 ± 151.5
100.4 ± 25.6
Trichuridae
Trichiurus lepturus
320
20
64
33.5 ± 7.8
15
600
Engraulididae
Engraulis encrasicolus
1,000
4
13
7.8 ± 0.9
0.4
19
4.6 ± 0.45
Fistularidae
Fistularia commersonii
380
12
81
37.9 ± 9.3
9
1,600
263 ± 111.2
Sciaenidae
Argyrosomus regius
390
17
70
38.1 ± 12.1
55
3,000
990 ± 123.8
Umbrina cirrosa
330
12
35
19.5 ± 4.8
25
500
108.5 ± 52.6
coefficient of determination (r2 ) for 60 pelagic and demersal
fish species from the Mediterranean Sea GSA 26 are given in
Tables 1, 2.
The sample size fluctuated between 98 individuals for
Epinephelus aenus and 1,326 ones for Pagellus erytherinus. The
total lengths (TL) ranged from 4 cm for Engraulis encrasicolus
to a total length of 100 cm for E. aenus, while the weights were
varied between 0.9 and 11,000 g. The largest and the heaviest
species was E. aenus with a maximum TL of 100 cm and a weight
of 11,000 g. Fishes belonging to the family Sparidae were the
best-represented species in the collected samples with 11 species,
followed by families Soleidae and Mugilidae, where both of them
were represented by five species.
Eleven species were found to be of Indian Ocean origin
and migrated through Suez Canal and were established in
the eastern Mediterranean (Etreumus teres, Herklotsichthys
punctatus, Nemipterus randalli, N. zysron, N. japonicas,
Upeneus pori, U. moluccensis, Saurida undosquamis, Siganus
rivulatus, Hemiramphus far, and Fistularia commersonii). It
is worth mentioning that these species provide economic
benefits to fishers and the coastal communities as up to 50%
of Egyptian Mediterranean production constitutes Lessepsian
migrants (Mehanna, 2015; General Authority for Fish Resources
Development, 2018).
In this study, the estimated b values for all the species were
found within the normal expected range of 2 and 4 for teleosts
(Tesch, 1971) and mostly remained within the expected range of
2.5–3.5 (Zar, 1996; Froese, 2006).
The relationship between length and weight differs
among fish species according to the body shape, and
within the same species according to the condition
(robustness) of individual fish. LWRs are not constant
over the year and LWR parameters may vary significantly
due to food availability, biological, temporal, and
sampling factors.
All regressions were highly significant, with the coefficient of
determination (r2 ) ranging from 0.80 to 0.99 (p < 0.01). The b
values ranged from 2.405 for Serranus hepatis to 3.270 for Boops
boops.
According to the t-test and CI analysis, the growth type of the
60 species fluctuated between allometric and isometric growth.
About 18 species had a positive allometric growth (b > 3), 20
species caught from both the bottom survey and the commercial
catch in the Egyptian Mediterranean GSA 26 (Figures 1, 2).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The length and weight measurements were recorded during the
bottom trawl surveys in the Mediterranean Sea of Egypt during
the period from April 2008 to July 2010 and were updated by
collecting and measuring more samples from the commercial
catches along with the landing sites during the period from July
2017 to December 2018.
A total of 30,596 fish of 60 fish species were measured and
weighed. The total length (cm) of each fish was measured from
the tip of the snout (mouth closed) to the extended tip of the
caudal fin using a measuring board. Bodyweight was recorded
to the nearest gram using a balance. The LWRs were estimated
from the allometric formula, W = a Lb (Le Cren, 1951), where
W is total body weight (g), L is the total length (cm), a and
b are the coefficients of the functional regression between W
and L (Beckman, 1948; Ricker, 1973). The values of constants a
and b were estimated by the least-square linear regression from
the log-transformed values of length and weight: log W = log
a + b log L (Zar, 1984; Stergiou and Politou, 1995; Sivashanthini
et al., 2009). The regression was done using Excel software, and
all calculations were done for both sexes combined, as in many
cases, dissecting and determining the sex of specimens seems
to be difficult.
To confirm whether the values of b obtained in the linear
regressions were significantly different from the isometric value
(b = 3), the confidence interval (CI) at 95% was estimated
(isometric if b equal or very close to 3 and allometric if b
significantly different from 3; negative allometric if b < 3
and positive allometric if b > 3) (Bagenal and Tesch, 1978).
In addition, Student’s t-test (Zar, 1984) was used to see if
parameter b is significantly different from 3 and to identify
the type of growth.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The sample size, minimum and maximum lengths and weights,
LWRs, 95% confidence limits of b values (± 95% CI of b),
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TABLE 2 | Length-weight relationship (LWR), the confidence interval (CI) for b-value, and growth type (GT) for 60 fish species caught from the GSA 26.
Species
Sparidae
Carangidae
Serranidae
Triglidae
Spicaridae
Soleidae
Bothidae
Clupeidae
Nemipteridae
Merluccidae
Sphyraenidae
Mullidae
Moronidae
Synodontidae
Siganidae
Hemiramphidae
Mugilidae
Citharidae
Balistidae
Trichuridae
Engraulididae
Fistularidae
Sciaenidae
Sparus aurata
Pagellus erythrinus
P. acarne
Boops boops
Lithognathus mormyrus
Diplodus annularis
D. sargus
D. vulgaris
D. cervinus hottentotus
Pagrus pagrus
Dentex dentex
Trachurus trachurus
T. mediterraneus
Epinephelus aenus
Serranus hepatus
Serranus cabrilla
Chelidonichthys lucerna
Trigloporus lastovisa
Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei
Spicara flexuosa
S. maena
S. smaris
Solea solea
S. aegyptiaca
Microchirus ocellatus
Pegusa impar
Pegusa lascaris
Bothus poda
Arnoglosus laterna
Sardina pilchrdus
Sardinella aurita
Etreumus teres
Herktotsichthys punctatus
Nemipterus randalli
Nemipterus zysron
Nemipterus japonicus
Merluccius merluccius
Sphyraena sphyraena
Mullus surmuletus
M. barbatus
Upeneus pori
U. moluccensis
Dicentrarchus labrax
D. punctatus
Saurida undosquamis
Synodus saurus
Siganus rivulatus
Hemiramphus far
Mugil cephalus
Liza ramada
L. aurata
L. saliens
Chelon labrosus
Citharus linguatula
Balistes capriscus
Trichiurus lepturus
Engraulis encrasicolus
Fistularia commersonii
Argyrosomus regius
Umbrina cirrosa
L-W relationship constants
a
b
r2
CI
GT*
0.0109
0.0096
0.0069
0.0044
0.0169
0.0217
0.0175
0.0225
0.0118
0.0179
0.0108
0.0132
0.0227
0.0551
0.0552
0.0167
0.0048
0.0111
0.0091
0.0091
0.0130
0.0079
0.0066
0.0056
0.0460
0.0058
0.0050
0.0157
0.0051
0.0071
0.0149
0.0091
0.0090
0.0161
0.0086
0.0090
0.0046
0.0066
0.0104
0.0077
0.0090
0.0091
0.0078
0.0111
0.0060
0.0055
0.0112
0.0044
0.0098
0.0184
0.0085
0.0121
0.0136
0.0055
0.0166
0.0007
0.0043
0.0038
0.0114
0.0117
3.091
3.118
3.221
3.270
2.869
2.840
2.921
2.914
3.137
2.950
3.029
2.856
2.732
2.724
2.405
2.853
3.222
2.986
3.052
3.052
2.988
3.069
3.092
3.146
2.461
3.137
3.187
2.901
3.101
2.912
2.745
3.036
3.049
2.8331
3.0266
3.0817
3.1191
2.890
3.0617
3.1095
3.0817
3.0501
3.055
2.9448
3.0656
3.1171
2.9844
3.080
2.979
2.751
2.936
2.929
2.897
3.086
3.081
3.301
3.278
2.935
2.976
3.011
0.98
0.98
0.93
0.98
0.97
0.91
0.98
0.91
0.96
0.98
0.93
0.97
0.97
0.97
0.96
0.98
0.97
0.97
0.90
0.90
0.96
0.94
0.91
0.88
0.95
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.90
0.94
0.94
0.97
0.96
0.96
0.95
0.97
0.97
0.97
0.97
0.98
0.97
0.98
0.98
0.99
0.95
0.95
0.97
0.92
0.98
0.94
0.96
0.89
0.97
0.97
0.85
0.93
0.93
0.93
0.95
0.97
2.889–3.105
2.998–3.237
3.182–3.260
3.196–3.345
2.841–2.896
2.791–2.889
2.889–2.953
2.900–2.928
3.128–3.156
2.931–2.969
2.999–3.059
2.779–2.934
2.698–2.766
2.671–2.776
2.178–2.632
2.743–2.962
3.185–3.260
2.948–3.024
2.992–3.112
2.945–3.034
2.953–3.023
2.964–3.174
3.060–3.125
3.104–3.189
2.421–2.501
3.077–3.197
3.134–3.240
3.021–3.161
3.051–3.151
2.887–2.937
2.724–2.767
3.012–3.059
2.909–3.189
2.773–2.892
2.877–3.169
2.982–3.181
3.069–3.169
2.809–2.971
2.998–3.125
3.062–3.157
2.982–3.181
2.988–3.112
2.971–3.139
2.978–2.911
2.983–3.148
2.890–3.344
2.915–3.054
3.022–3.138
2.918–3.039
2.727–2.780
2.889–2.991
2.901 ± 2.957
2.842–2.952
3.025–3.145
3.031–3.131
3.241–3.361
3.187–3.369
2.785–3.085
2.886–3.066
2.958–3.064
I
I
PA
PA
NA
NA
NA
NA
PA
NA
I
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
PA
I
I
I
I
I
PA
PA
NA
PA
PA
PA
PA
NA
NA
PA
I
NA
I
I
PA
NA
I
PA
I
I
I
NA
I
I
I
PA
I
NA
NA
NA
NA
PA
PA
PA
PA
I
I
I
*I, isometric growth; PA, positive allometric; NA, negative allometric.
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species had negative allometric growth (b < 3), and 22 species
showed isometric growth (Table 2).
Most of the LWR obtained from this study agreed with
those reported from the previous ones. The estimated growth
type in this study coincides with those previously recorded
(Moutopoulos and Stergiou, 2002; Mehanna, 2007a,b, 2019b;
Adam, 2010; Abdel-Hakim et al., 2010; Demirel and Murat
Dalkara, 2012; Torres et al., 2012; Bilge et al., 2014; Kara et al.,
2017; Huang et al., 2018).
In comparison with the earlier estimates, some variations
in b values in the present study were observed, which may be
attributed to various factors, such as fish physiology, growth
phase, sex, sexual maturity, season, stomach fullness, length range
and sampling size, habitat, feeding rate, diet, and health (Le Cren,
1951; Froese et al., 2011; Mondol et al., 2017). Based on the
published literature and FishBase database (Froese and Pauly,
2021), no information on LWRs of 35 species is available from
GSA 26. Therefore, this study provides new LWRs estimates for
35 species from the Egyptian Mediterranean waters.
important demersal and pelagic fish species in GFCM-GSA 26.
The results obtained from this study are useful to fisheries
biologists as it updated length-weight parameters for some
species and estimated these parameters for the first time for many
species inhabiting the eastern Mediterranean Sea GSA 26. Even
though these parameters were estimated for sexes combined, they
still have great importance for fisheries managers as there are no
specific gears for each sex and any fisheries regulations are taken
for the whole stock or population.
CONCLUSION
SFM suggested the point of research, joined the surveys and
the collection of samples, analyzed the data and wrote the
manuscript. AEF shared in the surveys and sampling trips, and
shared in taking the biological measurements in the lab. Both
authors listed have made a substantial, direct and intellectual
contribution to the work, and approved it for publication.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The original contributions presented in the study are included
in the article/supplementary material, further inquiries can be
directed to the corresponding author/s.
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The basic biological information, such as LWRs, generated
from this investigation will be useful for further population
studies and stock assessment which in turn find its application
in sustainable management measures of these commercially
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