Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Hippocampus hippocampus and Hippocampus guttulatus Inhabiting Eastern Black Sea.

In this study, length-weight relationships of two seahorse species were determined inhabits Eastern Black Sea. Hippocampus hippocampus (38) and Hippocampus guttulatus (139) individuals were obtained by comercial fishermen in the Eastern Black Sea. Length-weight relationships of H. hippocampus were found as W-0.012TL²⁴¹ (R²-0.90) and length-weight relationships of H. guttulatus were found as W=0 005TL^2.84 (R2=0 91) for all individuals. The type of growth for both sexes was negative allometric growth (b<3) for these species Average condition factors ot H. hippocampus and H. guttulatus have shown 0.38 and 0.41, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]