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

Table 4

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

Weight classes	Rib yield
	CT	CP	CC	CirC	CirM	CirCau
1 (<1.2 kg)	−0.740	ns	ns	ns	−0.757	−0.617
2 (1.21 to 1.8 kg)	ns	−0.892	−0.592	−0.641	−0.497	ns
3 (1.81 to 2.4 kg)	−0.579	−0.472	ns	ns	−0.758	−0.802
4 (2.41 to 3.5 kg)	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
5 (>3.51 kg)	−0.465	−0.513	ns	−0.571	−0.534	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.