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Table 4 The yield parameters for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus fed on the mixed ingredients (MI) and rice bran (RB) diets during the study period

From: Supplemental effects of mixed ingredients and rice bran on the growth performance, survival and yield of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus reared in fertilized earthen ponds

Fish species

Yield parameters

Diet type

Mixed ingredients (MI) diet

Rice bran alone (RB) diet

Oreochromis niloticus

Net fish yield (kg ha−1)

2559.16 ± 647.02

2201.50 ± 193.35

Net annual yield (kg ha−1 year−1)

3459.61 ± 874.67

2976.10 ± 261.39

Gross fish yield (kg ha−1)

3649.31 ± 910.04

2493.96 ± 193.35

Gross annual yield (kg ha−1 year−1)

4933.32 ± 1230.24

3371.47 ± 261.39

Clarias gariepinus

Net fish yield (kg ha−1)

2693.57 ± 1345.78

1997.42 ± 562.84

Net annual yield (kg ha−1 year−1)

3638.58 ± 1819.29

2700.22 ± 1521.75

Gross fish yield (kg ha−1)

2745.83 ± 528.64

2212.68 ± 620.04

Gross annual yield (kg ha−1 year−1)

3711.96 ± 714.64

2991.22 ± 838.20

  1. All measured yield parameters were not statistically different (p > 0.05)