Reproductive Seasonality of Opsaridium Microlepis (mpasa) in the Linthipe River in Central Malawi
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Opsaridium microlepis is one of the fish species in Lake
Malawi. The species is known to migrate to major river affluents
for spawning. One of the rivers where they migrate is the
Linthipe. The reproductive seasonality of this species into this
river is however not well known. In this study, the reproductive
seasonality of O. microlepis in River Linthipe was studied using
546 specimens for 12 months. The peak breeding activity was
observed between January and April, aperiod that coincided
with the onset of a rainy season. On the other hand, the
condition factor of O. microlepis was found to be variable with
lowest value in the month of August.
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