An Evaluation of Biometric Indices of Brycinus Lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) of the Kwanda River, Zambia.

This study was aimed at documenting the growth parameters, mortality variables and levels of exploitation of Brycinus lateralis in Kwando River.B. lateralis (n = 1, 244) were collected using seine nets and gill nets.The results showed that B. lateralis reaches its asymptotic length very fast owing to its high growth coefficient at all study sites (overall K = 0.93 yr -1 ).B. lateralis showed longevity values of 1.91 years.Both sexes were over-exploited (Male exploitation ration = 0.927, Female exploitation ratio = 0.693), although the combined data showed that B. lateralis was under-exploited (E= 0.293).