TY - JOUR TI - Preliminary study on the aspects of the biology of snakehead fish parachanna obscura (günther) in a Nigerian wetland AU - BB Bolaji AU - TU Mfon AU - DI Utibe PY - 2011 JO - African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development DO - 10.4314/ajfand.v11i2.65923 UR - https://doi.org/10.4314/ajfand.v11i2.65923 AB - Between October 2000 and March 2001, a preliminary study on the aspects of the biology of Parachanna obscura, was carried out. Sex ratio revealed female preponderance (÷2 = 4.733, df = 1, P < 0.05). There was no variation in sex ratio during the wet season but there were more females than males in the dry season (÷2=4.735, df = 1, p = ER -