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	R^2	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