Table 3 Fin to length conversion and length to weight conversion with the source of the parameters used for each species (where n>1 individuals observed) recorded from the dried fins (where D1H = first dorsal fin height).
Species | Fin to total length conversions | Length to weight conversions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimated TL | Source | a | b | Source | |
Hemipristis elongata | =(D1H/0.115) + 1.666 | 0.00162 | 3.21 | ||
Carcharhinus albimarginatus | =D1H/0.097 | 0.00201 | 3.23 | ||
Carcharhinus altimus | =(D1H/0.1005) − 0.4778 | 47, W.White unpubl. data | 0.00189 | 3.23 | |
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides | =(D1H/0.133) + 1.835 | 47, W.White unpubl. data | 0.00265 | 3.21 | |
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos | =D1H/0.103 | 0.00746 | 2.98 | ||
Carcharhinus amboinensis | =D1H/0.122 | 0.00194 | 3.27 | ||
Carcharhinus brevipinna | =D1H/0.094 | 0.00113 | 3.33 | ||
Carcharhinus falciformis | =(D1H/0.088) + 1.616 | 47, W.White unpubl. data | 0.00201 | 3.23 | |
Carcharhinus leucas | =D1H/0.102 | 0.00271 | 3.2 | ||
Carcharhinus limbatus | =D1H/0.125 | 0.00251 | 3.125 | ||
Carcharhinus melanopterus | =D1H/0.102 | 0.00325 | 3.649 | ||
Carcharhinus plumbeus | =D1H/0.152 | 0.00142 | 3.31 | ||
Carcharhinus sorrah | =(D1H/0.106) + 1.523 | 49, W.White unpubl. data | 0.00079 | 3.46 | |
Carcharhinus tilstoni | =D1H/0.125 | using C. limbatus conversion | 0.00475 | 3.06 | |
Galeocerdo cuvier | =D1H/0.084 | 0.00141 | 3.24 | ||
Negaprion acutidens | =(D1H/0.129) + 5.003 | 54, W.White unpubl. data | 0.001208 | 3.29 | |
Sphyrna lewini | =D1H/0.132 | 0.00399 | 3.03 | ||
Sphyrna mokarran | =D1H/0.166 | 0.00123 | 3.24 | ||
Sphyrna zygaena | =D1H/0.137 | 0.0126 | 2.81 | ||
Anoxypristis cuspidata | =D1A/0.103 | W.White unpubl. data | 0.005 | 2.474 | |
Rhynchobatus australiae | =(D1H/0.109) + 0.516 | W.White unpubl. data | 0.004 | 3.0145 | W. White unpubl. data |
Glaucostegus typus | =(D1H/0.141) + 4.729 | W.White unpubl. data | 0.006 | 2.918 | W. White unpubl. data |
