Table 3 Seasonal variation of GSI (mean ± SE) of C. gariepinus captured from the Ganga River

Kanpur

0.26 ± 0.03

0.79 ± 0.31

0.62 ± 0.11

1.8 ±0.34

0.59 ± 0.03

1.46 ± 0.10

Allahabad

0.21 ±0.01

2.3 ±0.13

0.81 ± 0.33

11.2 ±0.43

0.43 ± 0.03

3.8 ±0.03

Varanasi

0.72 ±0.33

4.6 ±0.21

0.59 ± 0.13

17.8 ±0.53

0.71 ± 0.13

4.5 ±0.05

Ghazipur

0.22 ±0.02

5.5 ±0.30

0.31 ± 0.01

6.2 ±0.53

0.92 ±0.13

3.2 ±0.23