Morphometric Study of Notopterous (Male) in Relation to Body Size and Condition Factor

This research was conducted in order to investigate the allometric growth of wild male population of Notopterous notopterous in Ghazi Ghat, river Indus. Forty-eight specimens of different body size ranging from 19.2 to 29.5 cm total length and 47.80 to 227.49 g body weight were used for the analysis of morphometric variable of head length, dorsal fin length, dorsal fin base, pectoral fin length, pectoral fin base, anal fin length, anal fin base, gap of mouth, body depth, body girth, eye diameter, inter orbital width, pre-orbital length, post orbital length, pre dorsal length, post dorsal length, pre pelvic distance and caudal fin length in Relation to total length and body weight. Slopes of the log transferred data were used to compare with an isometric slope and it was observed that all relations Showed very high correlations. Regression parameters were found to be highly Significant.