Table 2. The sex ratio of the three major commercial fish species from the Ribb Reservoir

Species Number of fishes Sex ratio χ2 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.