Authors : H. Rahmani, B.H. Kiabi and A. Abdoli
Abstract: In this study, age, growth and reproduction characteristics of Vimba vimba persa of Gorgan river in Golestan province (Iran) were studied from 1999-2000. In 1999, Males and in 2000 females dominated all age classes and this phenomenon is characteristic of species from unstable and variable environments. The von Bertalanffy growth function displayed variation in growth rates between the sexes in 2 years. Females had a higher length (in 1999: L∞ = 416.5 mm, K = 0.13 and in 2000: L∞ = 295.2 mm, K = 0.27) than males (in 1999: L∞ = 341 mm, K = 0.19 and in 2000; L∞ = 247.4 mm, K = 0.32).
H. Rahmani, B.H. Kiabi and A. Abdoli, 2011. Age, Growth and Reproduction Characteristics of Vimba vimba persa in South-East of Caspian Sea (Iran). Journal of Fisheries International, 6: 46-51.