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Table 1 Fingerlings mean weight, length, and condition factor

From: Survival analysis of African catfish and Nile tilapia briefly exposed to complex pesticide mixtures

Exposure duration

Variables

Fish

Pesticide mixture

Atrazine: Mancozeb

Atrazine: Chlorpyrifos

Atrazine: Lambda cyhalothrin

Mancozeb: Chlorpyrifos

Mancozeb: Lambda cyhalothrin

Lambda cyhalothrin: Chlorpyrifos

Quaternary

Continuous

Weight

African catfish

0.48 ± 0.03a

0.4 ± 0.02a

0.44 ± 0.02

0.44 ± 0.03

0.41 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.02a

0.55 ± 0.03

Tilapia

0.43 ± 0.1a

0.53 ± 0.11a

0.23 ± 0.02

0.83 ± 0.08

1.44 ± 0.21

0.57 ± 0.09a

0.4 ± 0.05

Length

African catfish

3.91 ± 0.07

3.99 ± 0.07

3.92 ± 0.08

3.8 ± 0.09

3.73 ± 0.05a

3.6 ± 0.07

4.06 ± 0.09

Tilapia

2.71 ± 0.16

3.01 ± 0.2

2.52 ± 0.14

3.23 ± 0.15

3.94 ± 0.24a

2.98 ± 0.18

2.8 ± 0.15

Condition Factor

African catfish

0.8 ± 0.05

0.63 ± 0.03

0.76 ± 0.04

0.81 ± 0.06

0.79 ± 0.06

0.96 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.04

Tilapia

1.95 ± 0.12

1.64 ± 0.14

1.61 ± 0.16

2.34 ± 0.09

1.98 ± 0.05

1.98 ± 0.11

1.82 ± 0.12

15 Min

Weight

African catfish

0.57 ± 0.01a

0.62 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.01

0.44 ± 0.08a

0.38 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.01a

0.52 ± 0.03 a

Tilapia

0.52 ± 0.09a

0.38 ± 0.04

0.27 ± 0.02

0.41 ± 0.04a

0.29 ± 0.03

0.27 ± 0.02a

0.55 ± 0.05 a

Length

African catfish

4.38 ± 0.12

4.34 ± 0.06

3.88 ± 0.11

3.85 ± 0.1a

3.7 ± 0.09

3.19 ± 0.08

4.34 ± 0.05

Tilapia

2.95 ± 0.18

2.85 ± 0.08

2.47 ± 0.06

3.58 ± 0.27a

2.43 ± 0.1

2.51 ± 0.09

4 ± 0.1

Condition Factor

African catfish

0.72 ± 0.05

0.78 ± 0.05

0.77 ± 0.06

0.78 ± 0.13a

0.75 ± 0.04

0.96 ± 0.05

0.65 ± 0.03

Tilapia

2.07 ± 0.15

1.62 ± 0.08

1.85 ± 0.12

1.23 ± 0.2a

2.04 ± 0.12

1.73 ± 0.13

0.91 ± 0.09

30 Min

Weight

African catfish

0.52 ± 0.01

0.88 ± 0.05

0.43 ± 0.0 a

0.36 ± 0.01a

0.5 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.02

0.72 ± 0.07

Tilapia

0.33 ± 0.03

0.43 ± 0.04

0.4 ± 0.06a

0.42 ± 0.05a

0.8 ± 0.1

0.61 ± 0.16

1.07 ± 0.14

Length

African catfish

4.04 ± 0.08

4.88 ± 0.14

3.74 ± 0.08

3.54 ± 0.05a

4.08 ± 0.11

3.38 ± 0.08

5.72 ± 0.26

Tilapia

2.48 ± 0.07

2.99 ± 0.12

2.74 ± 0.14

3.71 ± 0.28a

3.52 ± 0.19

2.97 ± 0.18

3.89 ± 0.2

Condition Factor

African catfish

0.8 ± 0.05

0.79 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.05

0.81 ± 0.02a

0.75 ± 0.04

0.9 ± 0.04

0.39 ± 0.03

Tilapia

2.23 ± 0.17

1.57 ± 0.05

2.05 ± 0.28

1.06 ± 0.15a

1.75 ± 0.1

1.91 ± 0.12

1.7 ± 0.1

45 Min

Weight

African catfish

0.47 ± 0.01 a

0.84 ± 0.04

0.44 ± 0.01a

0.39 ± 0.02

0.52 ± 0.03a

0.35 ± 0.02

0.59 ± 0.05

Tilapia

0.59 ± 0.07 a

0.44 ± 0.05

0.42 ± 0.08a

0.96 ± 0.17

0.47 ± 0.05a

0.96 ± 0.1

0.44 ± 0.03

Length

African catfish

3.93 ± 0.08

4.81 ± 0.12

3.9 ± 0.09

3.85 ± 0.1a

4.06 ± 0.14

3.47 ± 0.07a

4.93 ± 0.16

Tilapia

3.13 ± 0.17

2.99 ± 0.15

2.68 ± 0.18

4.03 ± 0.32a

2.98 ± 0.15

3.53 ± 0.16a

3.3 ± 0.13

Condition Factor

African catfish

0.81 ± 0.05

0.79 ± 0.04

0.77 ± 0.05

0.68 ± 0.02

0.82 ± 0.06

0.84 ± 0.03

0.49 ± 0.03

Tilapia

1.94 ± 0.15

1.64 ± 0.09

1.95 ± 0.1

1.72 ± 0.32

1.7 ± 0.08

2.01 ± 0.08

1.28 ± 0.11

60 Min

Weight

African catfish

0.53 ± 0.01

0.75 ± 0.05

0.44 ± 0.01a

0.37 ± 0.02

0.61 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.02a

0.6 ± 0.06 a

Tilapia

0.41 ± 0.05

0.51 ± 0.07

0.4 ± 0.05a

0.75 ± 0.17

0.96 ± 0.18

0.43 ± 0.08a

0.57 ± 0.05a

Length

African catfish

4.21 ± 0.07

4.6 ± 0.15

3.69 ± 0.07

3.59 ± 0.08a

4.44 ± 0.12

3.56 ± 0.09

5 ± 0.22

Tilapia

2.79 ± 0.19

2.94 ± 0.13

2.92 ± 0.18

3.31 ± 0.25a

3.28 ± 0.24

2.86 ± 0.17

3.43 ± 0.18

Condition Factor

African catfish

0.72 ± 0.03

0.83 ± 0.08

0.91 ± 0.05

0.81 ± 0.03

0.74 ± 0.05

0.8 ± 0.03

0.5 ± 0.03

Tilapia

2.07 ± 0.17

2.06 ± 0.41

1.82 ± 0.28

1.76 ± 0.15

2.28 ± 0.08

1.69 ± 0.12

1.55 ± 0.16

  1. Values indicate mean ± standard error, N = 20. Parameters of African catfish were significantly different from Nile tilapia (p < 0.05), except those marked with the letter "a" (p > 0.05)