Reproductive biology of Catfish Chrysichthys auratus, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809, (Family: Bagridae) from Damietta branch of the River Nile, Egypt

Reproductive biology of 803 specimens of Chrysichthys auratus from Damietta branch of the River Nile, Egypt was studied between January and December 2010. The overall sex ratio (M:F = 1:1.18) was significant at P < 0.05 and the ratio showed insignificant variation in summer and autumn. The length...

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Main Author: Evelyn Ragheb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428516300474