Length-weight relationship and condition factor of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) from Lake Akata, Benue State, Nigeria
2012
Ikongbeh, O.A. | Ogbe, F.G. | Solomon, S.G.
The Length-weight relationship and changes in the condition factor of Citharinus citharus of the Lake Akata, an ox-bow Lake of River Katsina-Ala, a tributary of River Benue was studied. A total of five hundred and five (505) fish samples were collected from May 2008-April 2009. Length-weight relationship of fish was estimated from the equation: W = a.Lb which was transformed to base 10 logarithm, and condition factor (k) was determined using the equation: K=100W/L3. Both sexes of C. citharus in Lake Akata exhibited negative allometric growth pattern. The combined length weight relationship of C. citharus sexes was LogW = - 1.7738 + 2.9044 LogL (r2 = 0.9527). The coefficient of determination for the Length-Weight relationship for both sexes of C. citharus in Lake Akata was strongly positive. The mean condition factor for the combined sexes was 1.37 ~c 0.02, but individually, female C. citharus were in better condition (1.44 ~c 0.03) compared to the males (1.29 ~c 0.02). The condition factor of C. citharus in dry season (1.37 ~c 0.03) was not significantly higher than that of (1.36 ~c 0.03) in wet season (p>0.05). This means the fish species are living well in the lake as the 'K' value are greater than one.
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