Table 1. Statistical analysis of length-weight relationship (LWR) for five fish species found in different water bodies in Hajar Mountain, Oman

Site Name	Species	Sex	N	TL parameters (cm)		TW parameters (g)		LWR parameters					Growth type
				Range	Mean TL ± SD	Range	Mean TW ± SD	a	95% CI of a	b	95% CI of b	R2
Ain Wadhah	A. kruppi	C	135	2.8–4.6	3.9034 ± 0.3166	0.2–1.5	0.9482 ± 0.2422	0.0107	0.0084–0.0137	3.2713	3.0900–3.4525	0.906	(+)
		M	37	3.4–4.4	3.7699 ± 0.2716	0.5–1.5	0.8645 ± 0.2564	0.0055	0.0033–0.0090	3.7902	3.4176–4.1627	0.924	(+)
		F	98	2.8–4.6	3.9538 ± 0.3189	0.2–1.5	0.9798 ± 0.2301	0.0122	0.0091–0.0163	3.1765	2.9644–3.3887	0.902	(I)
	C. muscatense	C	92	3.3–12.7	5.5399 ± 2.3698	0.3–19.9	2.7306 ± 4.3822	0.0076	0.0069–0.0082	3.1041	3.0526–3.1556	0.994	(+)
	G. longipinnis	C	97	2.3–7.6	4.5618 ± 1.4513	0.1–5.4	1.4104 ± 1.4029	0.0077	0.0069–0.0086	3.2111	3.1392–3.2830	0.988	(+)
Wadi Aday	A. stoliczkanus	C	191	2.3–5.1	3.6868 ± 0.6266	0.2–2.2	0.9811 ± 0.4975	0.0120	0.0109–0.0133	3.2962	3.2200–3.3724	0.975	(+)
		M	38	2.6–5.0	3.6173 ± 0.6518	0.2–2.0	0.9377 ± 0.5281	0.0112	0.0085–0.0147	3.3518	3.1404–3.5631	0.966	(+)
		F	153	2.3–5.1	3.7041 ± 0.6211	0.2–2.2	0.9919 ± 0.4908	0.0122	0.0110–0.0136	3.2821	3.2011–3.3631	0.977	(+)
Wadi Al Amirat	A. stoliczkanus	C	402	2.2–5.4	3.7992 ± 0.6227	0.1–3.2	1.1434 ± 0.5970	0.0117	0.0105–0.0131	3.3517	3.2693–3.4341	0.941	(+)
		M	95	2.7–5.4	3.9028 ± 0.5818	0.3–2.9	1.1782 ± 0.5471	0.0159	0.0124–0.0205	3.1044	2.9202–3.2886	0.923	(I)
		F	307	2.2–5.3	3.7672 ± 0.6323	0.1–3.2	1.1327 ± 0.6120	0.0108	0.0096–0.0122	3.4191	3.3275–3.5106	0.947	(+)
	C. muscatense	C	72	8.0–13.1	10.253 ± 1.2604	4.4–22	10.760 ± 4.6905	0.0042	0.0026–0.0070	3.3422	3.1244–3.5601	0.931	(+)
	G. shamal	C	59	3.0–6.95	5.4017 ± 0.8450	0.3–4.6	2.1951 ± 0.9670	0.0116	0.0084–0.0160	3.0652	2.8722–3.2583	0.947	(I)
Wadi Al Khoud	Aphaniops spp.	C	181	2.8–5.7	4.2596 ± 0.5938	0.3–2.9	1.2704 ± 0.5385	0.0128	0.0108–0.0153	3.1240	3.0042–3.2438	0.937	(I)
		M	59	3.0–5.7	4.2831 ± 0.6597	0.4–2.3	1.2936 ± 0.5252	0.0200	0.0152–0.0263	2.8247	2.6356–3.0139	0.940	(I)
		F	122	2.8–5.6	4.2483 ± 0.5618	0.3–2.9	1.2477 ± 0.5342	0.0097	0.0072–0.0131	3.3075	3.0987–3.5162	0.891	(+)
	C. muscatense	C	128	3.7–10.5	7.4223 ± 1.4885	0.4–12.1	4.4851 ± 2.7279	0.0068	0.0054–0.0085	3.1706	3.0586–3.2825	0.962	(+)
Wadi Darsait	A. stoliczkanus	C	196	1.8–5.8	3.5251 ± 1.0395	0.1–4.1	0.9919 ± 0.8876	0.0108	0.0099–0.0117	3.3415	3.2764–3.4065	0.981	(+)
		M	42	2.6–5.6	4.1404 ± 0.6635	0.2–2.9	1.3462 ± 0.6645	0.0128	0.0085–0.0193	3.2136	2.9245–3.5026	0.927	(I)
		F	154	1.8–5.8	3.3573 ± 1.0615	0.1–4.1	0.8952 ± 0.9175	0.0106	0.0098–0.0115	3.3568	3.2866–3.4270	0.983	(+)
Wadi Fanja	Aphaniops spp.	C	133	3.0–6.2	4.9470 ± 0.6208	0.4–4.3	2.2457 ± 0.8309	0.0143	0.0117–0.0176	3.1282	3.0012–3.2553	0.948	(I)
		M	31	3.9–6.2	5.2147 ± 0.6794	0.9–3.9	2.5158 ± 0.9503	0.0131	0.0084–0.0203	3.1511	2.8847–3.4175	0.953	(I)
		F	102	3.0–5.9	4.8660 ± 0.5820	0.4–4.0	2.1523 ± 0.7552	0.0141	0.0112–0.0177	3.1492	3.0032–3.2952	0.948	(+)
Wadi Surur	Aphaniops spp.	C	150	2.4–5.8	3.9407 ± 0.5929	0.2–3.7	1.1138 ± 0.5637	0.0122	0.0107–0.0139	3.2310	3.1342–3.3279	0.967	(+)
		M	64	2.8–5.8	3.9519 ± 0.5738	0.4–3.4	1.1069 ± 0.5252	0.0150	0.0123–0.0182	3.0802	2.9373–3.2231	0.968	(I)
		F	86	2.4–5.7	3.9324 ± 0.6099	0.2–3.7	1.1188 ± 0.5938	0.0107	0.0090–0.0128	3.3258	3.1962–3.4555	0.969	(+)
	C. muscatense	C	60	3.7–14.1	9.7044 ± 2.1647	1.1–29.9	11.340 ± 6.8104	0.0157	0.0099–0.0249	2.8333	2.6293–3.0374	0.930	(I)

C, combined sex; M, male; F, female; N, sample size; TL, total length range and mean; TW, total weight range and mean, (a, b, and R²), length-weight relationship parameters; I, isometric growth; +, positive allometric growth; C. muscatense, Cyprinion muscatense; G. longipinnis, Garra longipinnis; A. stoliczkanus, Aphaniops stoliczkanus; G. shamal, Garra shamal.