Maturity studies for Oreochromis niloticus
n = 42
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12.0 - - female Uganda Buhuku Lagoon, Lake Albert, 1929; 1950
11.0 - - female Sudan Nile
18.0 - - unsexed Kenya Lake Baringo
8.0 - - female Kenya Loyengalani (stream), Lake Turkana basin
14.0 - - male Uganda Buhuku Lagoon, Lake Albert, 1929; 1950
12.0 - - male Kenya Loyengalani (stream), Lake Turkana basin
17.0 - 0.6 - 0.7 0.63 unsexed Uganda Kajansi (pond)
9.2 - - male Ethiopia Hot springs of Hawash River near Filoa
18.0 - - unsexed Kenya Lake Baringo
25.0 - - unsexed Uganda Lake Edward
- 39.0 - unsexed Kenya Lake Turkana (Rudolf)
24.0 - - unsexed Lake Victoria
6.5 - - female Ethiopia Not specified
12.0 - - female Uganda Buhuku Lagoon, Lake Albert
13.5 - - unsexed Nigeria Lake Kainji
14.0 - - male Sudan Nile
7.1 SL - - mixed Kenya Sondu-Miriu River, Lake Victoria, April 1986-March 1988
10.0 TL - - 1.00 female Burkina Faso Small reservoirs, 1989
11.8 TL - 1.0 - 2.0 1.50 female Burkina Faso Small reservoirs, 1990
12.0 TL - - 1.00 male Burkina Faso Small reservoirs, 1989
13.5 TL 10.0 - 17.0 - unsexed Uganda Lake Albert, Buhuku Lagoon
13.5 TL - 1.0 - 2.0 1.50 male Burkina Faso Small reservoirs, 1990
14.0 TL - - male Uganda Buhuku Lagoon, Lake Albert
15.7 TL - - female Burkina Faso Tapoa reservoir
17.0 TL - - mixed Uganda Lake Kijanebalola
17.7 TL - - 2.00 male Burkina Faso Tapoa reservoir
18.0 TL - - male Rwanda Lake Ihema
18.1 TL - - female Ethiopia Bahir Dar Gulf, Lake Tana
18.1 TL - - female Ethiopia Lake Tana, Bahir Dar Gulf
18.7 TL - - female Rwanda Lake Ihema
20.0 - - unsexed Egypt Not stated
20.0 TL - 24.0 - female Uganda Lake George, 1971-72
20.7 TL - - male Ethiopia Lake Tana, Bahir Dar Gulf
22.0 TL - - unsexed Uganda Lake Bunyoni
25.0 TL - 28.0 - female Uganda Lake George, 1960
25.0 TL - - unsexed Lake Edward
26.0 TL - - unsexed Lake Kivu
28.0 TL - - unsexed Lake Albert
28.0 TL - - unsexed Uganda Lake Albert (open water)
28.0 TL - - mixed Uganda Lake George and Kazinga Channel
29.6 - - female Kenya Lake Turkana
42.5 TL 36.0 - 49.0 - unsexed Uganda Lake Albert, open water
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