Table 7.

Correlation matrix for total number of parasites found on C. gariepinus by size.

	Dead C. gariepinus from the cultured environment (pond)			Live C. gariepinus from the cultured environment (pond)
	TL	TNP	WT	TL	TNP	WT
TL	1.00			1.00
TNP	0.724	1.00		0.830	1.00
WT	0.864	0.669	1.00	0.889	0.758	1.00
	Dead C. gariepinus from river benue			Live C. gariepinus from river benue
	TL	TNP	WT	TL	TNP	WT
TL	1.00			1.00
TNP	0.434	1.00		0.403	1.00
WT	0.893	0.213	1.00	0.916	0.510	1.00

TL: total length, TNP: total number of parasites, and WT: weight of fish.