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Table 1: Growth pattern of fish species in Badagry creek, Lagos
S/N Fish species
Abundance
Body weight (g)
Total length (cm) a
b
r
2
K-factor
Male
Female
n
1
Chrysichthys
nigrodigitatus
70
52
122 97.20±36.97
22.11±4.25
-75.4 7.8
0.81
0.90
2
Marcusenenius
senegalensis
10
18
28
159.09±28.24
27.49±4.75
5.71
2.12 0.92
0.77
3
Tilapia zilli
103
96
199 139.44±32.01
14.42±4.20
45.07 6.54 0.73
4.65
4
Chrysichthys longifilis
56
56
112 88.24±37.86
21.32±4.47
-71.7 7.5
0.78
0.91
5
Pomadasys peroteti
22
35
57
131.62±23.86
13.48±3.72
49.65 6.08 0.91
5.37
6
Tilapia guinensis
48
37
85
124.48±67.14
17.85±4.28
-137.6 14.48 0.87
2.19
7
Pomadasys jubelini
20
24
44
146.26±21.37
23.67±3.85
65.5
3.41 0.38
1.10
8
Gymnarchus niloticus
14
22
36
148.62±24.21
24.54±5.47
135.76 1.39 0.28
1.01
9
Sarotherodon
melanotheron
21
14
35
72.67±59.84
14.79±3.56
-158.0 15.59 0.86
2.25
10
Tilapia mariae
25
41
66
41.87±12.81
13.36±1.29
-9.15 4.73 0.05
1.76
11
Oreochromis niloticus
28
35
63
38.50±14.04
12.85±1.54
-73.06 8.68 0.9
1.81
12
Bathygobius soporator
61
100
161 46.99±46.95
15.56±6.24
-58.85 6.82 0.85
1.25
Note:n = number of specimen, a = intercept of length-weight relationships, b = slope, r = coefficient of regression, K-factor =
condition factor.
Figure 4: Length-weight relationships in
Tilapia zilli
from Figure 5: Length-weight relationships in
C. longifilis
from
Badagry creek. Badagry creek.
Figure 2: Length-weight relationship in
Chrysichthys
nigrodigitatus
from Badagry creek;
Figure 3: Nigeria; Length-weight relationships in
Marcusenenius senegalensis
from Badagry .creek
