Table 2. The sex ratio of the three major commercial fish species from the Ribb Reservoir
Species
Number of fishes
Sex ratio
χ
2
p
-value
Total
Females
Males
Oreochromis niloticus
752
353
399
0.88:1
102.4
0.157
Labeobarbus intermedius
498
317
181
1.75:1
111.53
0.011
*
Clarias gariepinus
379
192
187
1.03:1
82.23
0.472
Total
1,629
862
767
1.12:1
241.345
0.003
*
Chi-square test is significant at the level of
p
< 0.05.