Research Article
Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Brackish Water Fish from Niger River, Nigeria
Table 6
Concentration (µg/kg fresh weight) of cyclodienes in brackish fish.
| | Fish Species/No | Endrin | Endrin
aldehyde | Endrin
Ketone | Aldrin | Dieldrin |
| | Drapane Africana (n=6) | 108.0±40.3
(68.4-149.0) | 42.0±4.20
(BDL-42.20) | 310.0±211.0
(99.3-522.0) | 258.0±112.0
(147.0-370.0) | 25.7±8.68
(17.0-34.4) | | Mochokus Niloticus (n=6) | 45.6±29.7
(22.5-105.0) | 167.2±202.0
BDL-584.0 | 324.0±99.5
(139.0-480.0) | 143.0±110.0
(3.31-355) | 26.5±13.9
(10.8-54.3) | | Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (n=6) | 77.4±47.5
(6.05-131.0) | 205.0±120.0
(24.7-304.0) | 310.0±116.0
(166.0-484) | 165.0±81.1
(56.1-287.0) | 27.7±13.8
7.04-40.72 | | Pristipoma jubelini (n=6) | 38.2±15.3
(20.0-56.9) | 971.0±110.0
(720.0-988.0) | 748.0±122.0
(521.0-829.0) | 36.9±11.3
(18.2-50.6) | 27.6±12.1
(18.6-44.4) | | Vomer Septapinis (n=6) | 46.6±38.2
(BDL-112.0) | 99.3±95.7
(BDL-236.0) | 297.0±106.0
(124.0-453) | 191.0±81.77
(35.94-307) | 26.5±8.82
(15.0-41.9) | | Pseudotolithus senegalensis (n=6) | 38.34±38.3
15.9-112.0 | 229.4±29.36
(216.0-236.0) | 351.0±57.5
(162.0-453.0) | 88.9±53.0
214.0-321.0 | 37.6±4.38
14.2-45.0 | | Mugil cephalus (n=6) | 54.9±31.0
BDL-117 | 14.5±21.7
BDL-57.9 | 494.0±384.0
(81.9-1263) | 321.0±73.8
194.0-423.0 | 24.3±15.5
6.57-50.1 | | Pseudotolithus elongatus (n=6) | 74.6±46.5
8.22-133.0 | 16.1±24.8
BDL-64.4 | 437.0±167.4
127.0-725.4 | 233.1±124.0
21.81-455 | 24.2±15.6
4.68-55.4 | | Lutjanus goreensis (n=6) | 68.3±22.5
47.0-92.6 | 146.4±45.8
81.2-172.8 | 210.7±114.0
96.0-324.0 | 404.1±32.5
398.1-450.5 | 28.1±3.40
21.2-33.4 | | Sphyraena piscatorum (n=6) | 64.2±18.1
40.1-86.0 | 138.9±36.4
76.2-168.1 | 198.0±111.2
88.4-310.2 | 396.4±28.1
345.0-420.1 | 26.8±2.30
18.4-28.6 |
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