Title: Maturation, sex ratio and fecundity of the Nile perch <I>Lates niloticus</I> (L.) (Pisces: Centropomidae) in Lake Chamo, Ethiopia
Abstract: Length-weight relationship, length at first maturity and sex ratio of the Nile perch Lates niloticus (L.) were studied from 342 fish samples collected between February 1995 and May 1996. The relationship between total length (TL) and total weight (TW) for both sexes was curvilinear and statistically significant. The regression equation for the males was TW=0.0044TL3.27 (r2=0.978, P