Length weight study of two species of crabs Matuta planipes and Matuta lunaris from Karachi, Pakistan
2003
Fatima, M. (Karachi Univ. (Pakistan). Inst. of Marine Science)
The paper presents the length weight relationship parameters for two species crabs belonging to Family Calappidae, obtained by fishing nets from Clifton area, Karachi. Both the species of Matuta showed negative allometric growth of weight. M. lunaris is known as a serious predator of flounder fishes-The population study of these crabs should be done in future as these were found associated with guitar fish Rhinobates halavi and sole fishes.
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