Relationships between fish brain weights and body weights for
Gadus morhua

Roland Bauchot, Monique Diagne, Roland Platel, Jean-Marc Ridet and Marie-Louise Bauchot
Université Paris 7 Laboratoire d'anatomie comparée

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Relative brain weight graph (loading may take 2-3 min.)

Body weight
(W; g)
Brain weight
(B; mg)
Encephalization coefficients SL
(cm)
TL
(cm)
Ref
(B/W) (B/W^2/3)
120
438
3.65
 
 
 
 
175
432
2.47
 
 
 
 
236
471
2.00
 
 
 
 
250
532
2.13
 
 
 
 
350
581
1.66
 
 
 
 
610
759
1.25
 
 
 
 
830
920
1.11
 
 
 
 
991
908
0.9160
 
 
 
 
1,069
977
0.9140
 
 
 
 
1,250
1,005
0.8030
 
 
 
 
1,349
1,002
0.7430
 
 
 
 
1,622
1,151
0.7100
 
 
 
 
1,941
1,172
0.6040
 
 
 
 
2,099
1,486
0.7080
 
 
 
 
2,249
1,400
0.6220
 
 
 
 
2,301
1,343
0.5830
 
 
 
 
2,500
1,524
0.6100
 
 
 
 
2,518
1,979
0.7860
 
 
 
2,600
1,722
0.6620
 
 
 
 
2,649
1,489
0.5620
 
 
 
 
2,931
1,762
0.6010
 
 
 
 
3,396
1,663
0.4900
 
 
 
 
3,451
1,726
0.5000
 
 
 
 
3,500
2,089
0.5970
 
 
 
 
3,999
1,758
0.4400
 
 
 
 
4,295
1,884
0.4390
 
 
 
 
4,498
1,585
0.3520
 
 
 
 
4,797
1,730
0.3610
 
 
 
 
5,100
1,940
0.3800
 
 
 
 
5,105
1,941
0.3800
 
 
 
 
5,495
1,849
0.3370
 
 
 
 
6,998
2,223
0.3180
 
 
 
 
7,096
1,995
0.2810
 
 
 
 
9,205
2,649
0.2880
 
 
 
 
9,705
2,685
0.2770
 
 
 
 
10,399
2,203
0.2120
 
 
 
 
10,600
5,040
0.4750
 
 
 
11,995
2,904
0.2420
 
 
 
 
14,191
3,069
0.2160
 
 
 
 
19,679
3,381
0.1720
 
 
 
 

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