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Acknowledgments
The authors thank all the technical staff members of National Fisheries
and Other Aquatic Life Research Center (NFALRC) for their assistant
during the data collection. Special thanks for Mrs. Abeba W/Gebriel for
her technical assistance in identifying sexes of the fish and for her great
effort during sampling. This study was financed by the EIAR-National
Fisheries and Other Aquatic Life Research Centre, Sebeta, Ethiopia.
Author’s contributions
FD and AL contributed considerably during data collection, analysis of
the result and write-up of the manuscript. FD’s contribution to organize
the manuscript according to IJA-guideline was instrumental during the
preparation of this paper.
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