W = Weight of fish in gram (g); L = Total Length (TL) of fish in centimeter (cm);
a = Constant (intercept).
b = Slope (i.e. change in weight per unit change in Length).
The parameters ‘a’ and ‘b’ were obtained from a least square linear regression (Zar, 1984 ) of the length and weight of
The Fulton's condition factors (K) of fish as expressed by Bagenal and Tesch (1978) were used to estimate the well-being of the fishes, that is, compare the health or fattening of the fishes. They were estimated using the relationship: Where.
K = condition factor.
W = weight of fish (g).
L = length of fish (cm).
Apart from the meristic measurements, the data collected were analysed using mean, standard error of mean, frequency distribution and analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 5% level of significance. SPSS (15.0 version) software was used to analyze the condition factors while the LWRs were analyzed using FISAT II.
Ethical approval and consent to participate is not applicable to this work, as dead fish were collected from the local firshermen.