Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: Aw migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TPa food: biO class:
MRE = 0.035 habitat: 0iFr gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.004 embryo: Fc reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
am 2190 2197 (0.003278) d life span guess
Lp 13 11.99 (0.0779) cm total length at puberty guess
Li 28.5 27.29 (0.04259) cm ultimate total length NgugMany2009
Wwb 2.14 2.131 (0.004301) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwp 15.8 16.16 (0.023) g wet weight at puberty guess, fishbase
Wwi 187.5 190.6 (0.01671) g ultimate wet weight NgugMany2009, fishbase
GSI 0.1 0.1 (0.0003825) g/g gonado somatic index NgugMany2009

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LW_f Data for females, males fork length weight (0.1057) NgugMany2009
LW_m Data for females, males fork length weight (0.1398) NgugMany2009
tL time since birth total length (0.03744) NgugMany2009

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Amphilius uranoscopus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.1467 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 20.17 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 2.691e-15 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 6.972e-13 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9083 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8006 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only

Facts

  • length-weight: W in g = 0.00490*(TL in cm)^3.15 (Ref: fishbase)
  • widespread in Central and East Africa (Ref: fishbase)

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