Accession Number:

AD1029529

Title:

Weight Length Relationships in Gaftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus) and Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis) in Louisiana Waters

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

United States Air Force Academy Air Force Academy United States

Personal Author(s):

• Klinkmann,Taylor
• Torano,Joseph
• Courtney,Michael

Report Date:

2012-01-27

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

In spite of the abundance and commercial importance of these two species, there is little published weight-length data for the gafftopsail catfish Bagre marinus and hardhead catfish Ariopsis felis. For this study 84 catfish were caught hook and line from the Calcasieu Estuary in Southwest Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico and estuaries and near shore waters close to bayou Lafourche.

Descriptors:

• fish
• weight
• length
• gulf of mexico
• Louisiana
• sizes(dimensions)

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE