Age in years No. Length in (cm) Weight in (g)
Length group Observed average length From back calculation Calculated from Von Bertlanffy's Calculated from increments summation Calculated from Von Bertlanffy's
I 134 15-35 26 24.9 26.1 155.75 140.6
II 38 32-40 35 34.7 35 447.68 349.8
III 84 37-47 43 42.1 42.7 814.20 643.7
IV 99 46-54 50 50 49.2 1390.05 999.2
V 56 53-59 55 54.3 54.7 1790.95 1392
VI 33 57-61 60 58.7 59.4 2279.92 1800.5
VII 32 60-66 64 63.8 63.5 2947.49 2207.7
VIII 20 64-70 67 67 66.9 3426.85 2601.1
IX 1 ³70 70 70.2 69.9 3969.23 2972.4
Table 5: Ranges and means of empirical lengths and weights for B. bayad.