LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONS FOR 16 FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES (ACTINOPTERYGII: CYPRINIFORMES: CYPRINIDAE) IN THE HAN RIVER, SOUTH KOREA

Length-weight relations (LWRs) for 16 freshwater fish collected from June to October 2018 in the Han River, South Korea, were estimated. The following species, representing the family Cyprinidae, were studied: Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855); Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872); Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846); Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846); Acheilognathus yamatsutae Mori, 1928; Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758); Chanodichtlrys vythropterus (Basilewsky, 1855); Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908); Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1776); Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846); Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846); Pungtungia herzi Herzenstein, 1892; Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Gunther, 1873); Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872; Squalidus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883); Opsariichthys uncirostris (lemminck et Schlegel, 1846). The values of parameter b for all species were within the expected 2.5-3.5 range according to Froese (2006). The LWRs data for two species in this study, Acheilognathus rhombeus and Gnathopogon strigatus, were not previously available in FishBase.