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Growth parameters for
Oreochromis niloticus
Maximum Length 60cm SL
n = 108
Note that studies where L
oo
is very different (+/- 1/3) from Lmax are doubtful.
Lm vs Linf graph
[n = 3]
Reproductive graph
[n = 3]
M vs K graph
[n = 3]
M vs Linf graph
[n = 3]
Longevity vs 3/K graph
[n = 1]
ø
= 3.18
L inf
= 22.5 cm SL
K
= 3.0
Median record no. 55
102Ref.
102
Loo
(cm)
Length Type
K
(1/y)
t
0
(years)
Sex
M
(1/y)
Temp° C
Lm
Ø'
Country
Locality
Questionable
Captive
10.3
SL
19.644
3.32
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
10.6
TL
8.140
2.96
Thailand
experimental ponds
Yes
Yes
10.7
SL
7.263
2.92
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
11.1
SL
13.000
3.20
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
11.4
SL
6.423
2.92
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
11.8
SL
4.150
2.76
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
12.0
SL
9.871
3.15
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
12.3
SL
6.534
2.99
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
12.4
SL
7.155
27.6
3.04
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
12.7
SL
12.348
27.6
3.30
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
12.9
SL
5.476
2.96
Thailand
ponds
Yes
Yes
12.9
SL
13.933
3.37
Philippines
Sampaloc Lake, cages
Yes
Yes
13.2
SL
13.207
M
3.36
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
13.2
SL
6.544
3.06
Philippines
Sampaloc Lake, cages
Yes
Yes
13.3
SL
7.093
3.10
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
13.3
SL
7.628
3.13
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
13.5
SL
9.220
27.6
3.23
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
13.7
SL
4.750
2.95
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
13.7
SL
9.712
3.26
Thailand
ponds
Yes
Yes
14.2
SL
7.291
3.17
USA
ponds
Yes
Yes
14.6
SL
2.385
2.71
Burkina Faso
ponds
Yes
Yes
14.9
SL
5.685
27.6
3.10
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
15.1
SL
7.305
M
3.22
Central Afr. Rp
tanks
Yes
Yes
15.3
SL
10.377
27.6
3.39
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
15.4
SL
7.843
3.27
Philippines
Sampaloc Lake, cages
Yes
Yes
15.6
SL
3.003
F
2.86
Central Afr. Rp
tanks
Yes
Yes
15.6
SL
10.742
27.6
3.42
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
15.7
SL
7.157
3.25
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
15.8
SL
7.109
3.25
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
15.8
SL
8.889
3.35
Thailand
ponds
Yes
Yes
15.8
TL
0.750
-0.20
2.27
Burkina Faso
Sourou reservoir
Yes
No
16.3
SL
9.352
27.6
3.40
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
16.6
SL
10.942
3.48
Thailand
ponds
Yes
Yes
16.9
SL
7.651
3.34
Thailand
ponds
Yes
Yes
17.3
SL
2.997
M
2.95
Central Afr. Rp
tanks
Yes
Yes
17.3
SL
12.654
M
3.58
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
17.4
SL
10.631
27.6
3.51
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
17.6
TL
0.460
-0.62
2.15
Burkina Faso
Tanguiga reservoir
Yes
No
18.2
TL
0.580
-0.25
2.28
Burkina Faso
Ramitenga reservoir
Yes
No
18.3
SL
5.881
3.29
Thailand
tanks
Yes
Yes
18.6
SL
4.221
3.16
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
18.9
SL
10.665
M
3.58
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
18.9
SL
2.950
3.02
Sierra Leone
ponds
Yes
Yes
19.0
SL
4.789
F
3.24
Belgium
ponds
Yes
Yes
19.1
SL
6.604
M
3.38
Ivory coast
ponds
Yes
Yes
19.3
SL
4.737
3.25
Ivory coast
Lake Kossou, cages
Yes
Yes
20.6
SL
5.409
27.6
3.36
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
20.8
SL
6.580
M
3.45
USA
ponds
Yes
Yes
21.3
TL
0.520
-0.42
2.37
Burkina Faso
Petit Balé reservoir
Yes
No
21.5
SL
2.265
3.02
Belgium
ponds
Yes
Yes
21.9
SL
4.329
3.32
Cameroon
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.2
SL
4.271
M
3.32
Belgium
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.3
SL
0.880
2.64
Burkina Faso
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.4
SL
2.915
3.17
Philippines
cages
Yes
Yes
22.5
SL
2.984
F
3.18
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
22.5
SL
10.458
M
3.72
USA
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.8
FL
0.070
-0.16
0.16
23.0
1.56
Pakistan
Chashma Barrage
Yes
No
22.8
SL
4.179
M
3.34
USA
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.8
SL
8.028
M
3.62
USA
ponds
Yes
Yes
22.8
SL
0.438
F
2.36
Madagascar
Lake Alaotra
Yes
No
23.1
SL
2.540
M
3.13
Belgium
ponds
Yes
Yes
23.3
SL
5.419
M
3.47
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
23.4
SL
3.690
M
3.31
Ivory coast
ponds
Yes
Yes
23.5
TL
1.376
20.6
2.88
Zambia
experimental ponds
Yes
Yes
23.6
SL
6.879
27.6
3.58
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
23.7
TL
0.290
-0.81
2.21
Burkina Faso
Boulmigou reservoir
Yes
No
23.8
SL
3.854
27.6
3.34
Philippines
ponds
Yes
Yes
23.9
SL
1.881
3.03
Ivory coast
cages
Yes
Yes
24.8
TL
4.818
28.1
3.47
Israel
Dor (experimental ponds)
Yes
Yes
24.9
SL
1.572
F
2.99
Central Afr. Rp
tanks
Yes
Yes
25.5
TL
2.387
M
19.3
3.19
Peru
experimental ponds
Yes
Yes
25.9
SL
1.447
2.99
Central Afr. Rp
tanks
Yes
Yes
26.2
TL
0.700
-0.09
2.68
Burkina Faso
Kokologho reservoir
Yes
No
27.1
SL
0.578
20.2
2.63
Egypt
Lake Mariout
Yes
No
27.2
SL
0.503
F
2.57
Madagascar
Lake Mantasoa
Yes
No
27.9
0.438
2.53
Syria
Lake Beteha
Yes
No
28.6
SL
0.510
M
2.62
Madagascar
Lake Mantasoa
Yes
No
29.4
SL
0.294
0.49
20.2
13.0
2.41
Egypt
Lake Manzalla
Yes
No
29.4
SL
0.594
2.71
Egypt
Lake Mariout
Yes
No
29.7
TL
0.440
27.0
2.59
Kenya
Lake Turkana
Yes
No
29.9
SL
2.076
M
3.27
Belgium
tanks
Yes
Yes
30.8
TL
2.380
3.35
Philippines
experimental ponds
No
Yes
32.6
SL
0.356
20.5
20.0
2.58
Egypt
Noussa Hydrodome
No
No
33.3
TL
0.538
F
2.78
Israel
Lake Tiberias
No
No
33.4
SL
0.233
M
2.41
Madagascar
Lake Alaotra
No
No
34.4
SL
0.450
20.2
2.73
Egypt
Lake Mariout
No
No
34.7
SL
0.275
F
2.52
Madagascar
Lake Itasy
No
No
35.5
TL
0.480
28.0
2.78
Ivory coast
Lake Ayamé I (Bia Basin) (3° - 3°5' W ; 5°30'' - 6° N)
No
No
35.7
TL
0.501
M
2.81
Israel
Lake Tiberias
No
No
35.7
TL
0.500
22.0
2.80
Ethiopia
Bahir Dar Gulf, Lake Tana
No
No
36.8
SL
0.283
2.58
Chad
Lake Tchad
No
No
36.9
SL
0.545
-0.12
F
2.87
Egypt
High Dam Lake
No
No
39.0
SL
0.500
28.0
2.88
Uganda
Lake Albert
No
No
39.1
TL
0.200
-0.76
2.49
Burkina Faso
Tapoa reservoir
No
No
40.8
SL
0.716
F
3.08
Belgium
ponds
No
Yes
42.8
SL
0.384
-0.36
M
2.85
Egypt
High Dam Lake
No
No
44.1
TL
0.440
-0.34
0.98
2.93
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
No
No
46.2
SL
0.546
3.07
Egypt
Lake Nasser
No
No
52.0
TL
0.300
2.91
Nigeria
Lake Kainji
No
No
52.1
SL
0.216
2.77
Egypt
Lake Nasser
No
No
54.5
TL
0.340
3.00
Sri Lanka
Kaudulla reservoir
No
No
54.5
TL
0.430
3.11
Sri Lanka
Minnerya reservoir
No
No
55.6
TL
0.390
27.0
3.08
Bangladesh
Kaptai Lake
No
No
56.3
SL
0.405
3.11
Nigeria
Lake Kainji
Yes
No
56.7
TL
0.262
2.93
Nigeria
Opa Reservoir, IleIfe
No
No
57.2
SL
0.137
F
2.65
Madagascar
Lake Itasy
No
No
61.3
TL
0.350
3.12
Kenya
Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
No
No
64.6
TL
0.254
3.03
Kenya
Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
No
No
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