Evaluation of Hybridization in Two African Catfishes (Siluriformes, Clariidae): Exotic (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) and Native (Clarias jaensis Boulenger, 1909) Species under Controlled Hatchery Conditions in Cameroon

Table 2

Length-weight relationship and growth type of fry at 32 days of age (D32) in reciprocal hybridizations of C. gariepinus × C. jaensis.

Genetic types	LWR parameters						Growth type
	N	Equation	R^2	a	b	ts
Fcg × Mcg	171	PT = 1.4128LT^1.3992	0.95	1.4128	1.3992a	0.045	A-
Fcg × Mcj	175	PT = 1.107LT^1.4693	0.95	1.1070	1.4693a	0.002	A-
Fcj × Mcj	173	PT = 2.1797LT^1.2175	0.97	2.1797	1.2175a	0.098	A-
Fcj × Mcg	173	PT = 2.1372LT^1.2193	0.93	2.1372	1.2193a	0.201	A-
Total	692	PT = 1.5565LT^1.3446	0.94	1.5565	1.3446a	0.543	A-

N = number of specimens; LWRs = length-weight relationships, a = intercept; b = allometric coefficient; TW = total body weight; TL = total length; R² = coefficient of determination; ts: Student’s t-test; a: the values of the same column assigned by the same letter are not significantly different (). The female was named first.