本報告以天然及養殖草蝦為對象,從事探討其外部形質間之關係,並比較此等關係在雌、雄間及在天然與養殖間之異同,獲得如下之結果: 1.草蝦之頭胸甲長與全長及體長成抛物線式關係,但體重與全長、體長及頭胸甲長則成對數式關係。 2.不論是天然或養殖草蝦,全長與體重關係及體長與體重關係,在雌雄間並無顯著差異。但全長與頭胸甲長關係,體長與頭胸甲長關係及頭胸甲長與體重關係則有差異,雌者之頭胸甲長比雄者為長。 3.本文所述之各種關係式,在天然及養殖草蝦間均有顯著差異。養殖草蝦之頭胸甲長及肥滿度比天然者大。
Studies on morphometric characters and their relationships of grass prawn, Penaeus monodon are made. The relationships between total length and carapace length (TL-CL), body length and carapace length (BL-CL), total length and body weight (TL-BW), body length and body weight (BL-BW), carapace length and body weight (CL-BW) are all highly significant. There is no significant difference between sexes in TL-BW and BL-BW relationships. However, the carapace length of the female is larger than that of the male. The TL-CL, BL-CL, TL-BW, BL-BW and CL-BW relationships of the reared are all different from that of the wild. The carapace length and the fatness of the reared are larger than that of the wild.