Title: Length - Weight Relationship, Fecundity and Gonadal Development of The African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) From Doma Dam, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Abstract: This study investigated the reproductive biology of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Doma dam as well as the relationship between fish length, weight and fecundity. It was discovered that fecundity ranges between 180 and 84,440 eggs. The different maturation stages were determined by visual observation of the gonads. Results show that comparison of total body weight (TBW) and standard length (SL) of male and female sampled were 205 ± 21g and 208 ± 22g respectively. The mean standard length ± standard error (SE) of both males and females were 26.13 ± 90cm and 25.55 ± 0.96cm respectively. The maturity stages recorded ranged from stages I to VII, but none of stages VIII was recorded in the study due to none availability. Result indicated that gonad maturation of both male and female of Clarias gariepinus is similar.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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