Invasive Amazon sailfin catfish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis) impacts the survivability and growth of native food fishes in India

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Table 3

Changes in mean body mass of the studied species (different life-stages under different experimental conditions) in relation to presence of non-native Amazon sailfin catfish obtained through One-way ANOVA and independent t test (^λ).

Test species	Growth (in terms of weight)

	Indoor study		Outdoor study		Mesocosm study

	F value	p value	F value	p value	t value	p value
Labeo rohita	0.142	0.868	30.459	<0.001	5.62^λ	<0.001
Ompok bimaculatus	1.909	0.168	36.348	<0.001	5.179^λ	<0.001
Pterygoplichthys pardalis	2.342	0.085	t = −1.664^λ	0.113	–	–

Statistically significant values at a probability level of p < 0.05 are shown in bold.

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