Research Article
The Biology of the African Bonytongue Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829) from the Lower Niger River at Agenebode in Edo State, Nigeria
Table 2
Linear relationship of morphometric parameters of Heterotis niloticus.
| Population | a | b | R2 | r |
| LWR | Whole population | 1.645 | 0.532 | 0.683 | 0.83 | Males | 1.891 | 0.041 | 0.693 | 0.83 | Females | 1.745 | 0.263 | 0.663 | 0.83 |
| Length-girth relationship (LGR) | Whole population | 0.995 | −0.236 | 0.661 | 0.77 | Males | 0.921 | −0.341 | 0.633 | 0.78 | Females | 01.11 | 0.256 | 0.692 | 0.69 |
| Condition factor (K) | Whole population | 1.51 | | | | | Males | 1.87 | | | | | Females | 2.14 | | | | |
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