{"title":"Length-Weight relationship and condition factor of Protopterus annectens (Owen) in Idah area of River Niger, Nigeria","authors":"S. Adeyemi","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V7I3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A total of 62 samples of Protopterus annectens (Owen) were examined for this study from Idah area of River Niger between August and November 2008. The length-weight relationship calculated for species gave a b-value of 2.55 which is indicative of negative allometric growth. It attained a length of 59cm and weight of 397g. The condition factor varied from 0.23 to 0.76 with a mean of 0.39 + 0.08 and showed that the fish was well and in good environment for growth and survival.","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"7 1","pages":"1264-1266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"41","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Animal Research International","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V7I3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A total of 62 samples of Protopterus annectens (Owen) were examined for this study from Idah area of River Niger between August and November 2008. The length-weight relationship calculated for species gave a b-value of 2.55 which is indicative of negative allometric growth. It attained a length of 59cm and weight of 397g. The condition factor varied from 0.23 to 0.76 with a mean of 0.39 + 0.08 and showed that the fish was well and in good environment for growth and survival.