- Title
- The biology of Tilapia rendalli and Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces: Cichlidae) in a subtropical lake in Mozambique
- Creator
- Weyl, Olaf L F, Hecht, Thomas
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 1998
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/446944
- Identifier
- vital:74572
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/az/article/view/154744
- Description
- This study of age and growth, reproduction and juvenile recruitment of Tilapia rendalli and Oreochromis mossambicus was undertaken in Lake Chicamba, a large, clear subtropical lake in central Mozambique. Sectioned otoliths were used to estimate age. Marginal zone analysis showed that annulus formation occurred during winter, in July and August. Maximum age estimates for T. rendalli and O. mossambicus were 16 and 10 years, respectively. Growth was described by the 3 parameter von Bertalanffy model as Lt= 238.74 (1-e-0,636 (1+ 00905)) mm TL for T. rendalli and Lt= 266.06 (1-e-0 70904 (1+ 0269)) mm TL for O. mossambicus. The length-at-50% maturity (Lm 50) of male T. rendalli was 218 mm total lenglh (TL) and 205 mm TL in females. In O. mossambicus the Lm 50 for males was 251 mm TL and for females 223 mm TL. Both species spawned throughout summer. Lake level was found to have no effect on spawning periodicity although recruitment was flood dependent.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Zoology, Weyl, O.L.F. and Hecht, T., 1998. The biology of Tilapia rendalli and Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces: Cichlidae) in a subtropical lake in Mozambique. African Zoology, 33(3), pp.178-188, African Zoology volume 33 number 3 178 188 1998 2224-073X
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Weyl, Olaf L F (Prof)
Hecht, Thomas (Prof Emeritus)
RU Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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