Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: BWh migrate: Mp phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: THn food: biCi, biHl class:
MRE = 0.045 habitat: 0iFr gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.005 embryo: Fh reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ah 5.229 5.074 (0.02976) d age at hatch Hamm1982
tp 730 718.1 (0.01628) d time since birth at puberty natureserve
am 1825 1892 (0.03695) d life span natureserve
Lb 0.705 0.6782 (0.03807) cm standard length at birth Hamm1982
Li 41 39.97 (0.02501) cm ultimate total length Hamm1982
Wwb 0.0035 0.003636 (0.0388) g wet weight at birth Hamm1982
Wwi 716 744.6 (0.04) g wet weight at birth fishbase, guess
RL 14.92 14.88 (0.002362) #/d ultimate reprod rate Hamm1982

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since hatch total length (0.08805) Hamm1982
tWw time since hatch wet weight (0.1375) Hamm1982

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Gila cypha Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02071 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9758 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 106 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8046 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • weight length relationship: Ww in g = 0.00813 * (TL in cm)^3.13

Facts

  • originally native to fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States. (Ref: Wiki)

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