
%0 Journal Article
%A Taylor, Richard B. 
%A Willis, Trevor J. 
%T Relationships amongst length, weight and growth of north-eastern New Zealand reef fishes
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1998/07/21
%V 49
%N 3
%P 255-260
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF97016
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF97016 
%X This paper examines relationships amongst length, weight and growth parameters of teleost fishes found in shallow north-eastern New Zealand waters. Length&#8211;weight equations are presented for 51 species. Fish growth was described using the von Bertalanffy growth parameters L&infin; (asymptotic length) and K (growth constant), which were available for 19 species. Literature-derived values for adult body length showed a strong positive correlation with L&infin; (r2 = 0.89), which, after conversion to weight, was strongly negatively correlated with K (r 2 = 0.80). Regression equations describing these relationships can be used to predict L&infin; and K for fish species lacking such growth data. 
