Icthyofauna of Oramiriukwa River in Imo State, Nigeria
Oramiriukwa one of the rivers in the Imo River drainage basin runs approximately a 14.0km course from its headwaters in Abba Isu (Nwangele LGA) and discharge into Otamiri River. Based on the fish catches of local fishermen using a variety of fishing gear in a sampling station in Emekuku (Owerri LGA), a total of 17 families of fish consisting of 27 species were identified in the river. In the January sample the most numerically abundant species were Tilapia zilli (12.5%). Calamoichthys calabaricus (8.7%) and T. guineensis (8.6%). In the July samples the most numerically abundant species were Mastacemblus loenbergii (9.2%). T. zilli (7.2%) and Hemichromis fasciatus (6.6%). The Shannon Weiner Diversity index for Oranmiriukwa River was high (1.305) implying a relatively diversified and equilibrated fish community
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, Biology, Nigeria, Imo, catch composition, check lists, community composition, dominant species, fishery statistics, freshwater fish, species diversity, Calamoichthys calabaricus, Hemichromis fasciatus, Mastacembelus, Tilapia guineensis, Tilapia zillii, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21739 |
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