Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Omoniyi IT, currently working at Federal University of Technology, Akure | futa • Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, Ph.D. The number of articles published are 19 and the number of times cited by, are 67 and the number of reads include are 1396. The area of interest in the research was marine ecology, Icthyology, Gene Expression, Aquatic Biodiversity and Sciences.
Research Article
Length-Weight Relationship, Condition Factor and Natural Diet of Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis and Brycinus macrolepidotus in Ikere Gorge, South-West, Nigeria
Author(s): Aro OO*, Adesoun FI, Omoniyi IT, Abdul WO, Bashir AO, Amosu OA and Egunjobi O
This study was conducted to determine the Length-weight relationship, Condition factor and Feeding habit of two
commercial fish species Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis and Brycinus macrolepidotus in Ikere Gorge. A total of 561 samples
(276 Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis and 285 Brycinus macrolepidotus) were caught from experimental gill net between
October 2015 to November 2016 across five fishing site. Sex ratio show significant different p <0.05 across all location
in favor of females in Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis. Male dominancy was recorded for Brycinus macrolepidotus in most
fishing site with chi square value of 18.33. Growth pattern for Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis showed positive allometric
in three of the sampling locations (Oyo junction, Apata and Spillway) with b value >3 and poor environ.. View more»