Morphometric Evaluations and Yields from Commercial Cuts of Black Pacu Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) in Different Body Weights

Table 3

Correlations between fillet yield and morphometric measurements in relation to the different weight classes of black pacu (Colossoma macropomum).

Weight classes	Fillet yield
	CT	CP	CC	CirC	CirM	CirCau
1 (<1.2 kg)	−0.641	−0.606	−0.758	ns	−0.683	−0.517
2 (1.21 to 1.8 kg)	−0.504	ns	ns	−0.643	−0.612	−0.508
3 (1.81 to 2.4 kg)	−0.637	−0.617	−0.422	ns	−0.411	ns
4 (2.41 to 3.5 kg)	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
5 (>3.51 kg)	−0.418	−0.489	ns	−0.451	−0.449	ns

Significant ( < 0.05); significant ( < 0.01); ns = not significant; CT: total length; CP: standard length; CT: head length; CirC: cranial circumference; CirM: medium circumference; CirCau: caudal circumference.