Table 7 Biometric indices of Florida red tilapia (♂ and ♀) fed Moringa oleifera leaf ethanol extract (MOLE) for 60 days pre-spawning and 120 days spawning period, at different salinities.

Female ♀

HSI, %

2.67 ± 0.01^b

2.49 ± 0.02^d

2.38 ± 0.04^e

2.17 ± 0.03^f

2.81 ± 0.02^a

2.72 ± 0.00^b

2.65 ± 0.03^b

2.57 ± 0.02^c

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

VSI, %

7.59 ± 0.13^b

7.02 ± 0.03^cd

6.65 ± 0.04^e

6.32 ± 0.05^f

8.19 ± 0.12^a

7.79 ± 0.13^b

7.1 ± 0.06^c

6.74 ± 0.14^de

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.293

GSI, %

4.85 ± 0.04^c

5.94 ± 0.1^a

5.88 ± 0.08^a

5.9 ± 0.04^a

3.95 ± 0.10^d

4.93 ± 0.1^c

5.29 ± 0.16^b

5.74 ± 0.09^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

Male ♂

HSI, %

1.64 ± 0.01^cd

1.59 ± 0.012^de

1.51 ± 0.01^f

1.44 ± 0.01^g

1.82 ± 0.02^a

1.7 ± 0.0145^b

1.66 ± 0.03^bc

1.58 ± 0.012^e

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.181

VSI, %

6.36 ± 0.01^b

6.06 ± 0.04^c

5.61 ± 0.03^d

5.27 ± 0.09^e

6.9 ± 0.02^a

6.54 ± 0.01^b

6.43 ± 0.04^b

6.16 ± 0.115^c

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.005

TSI, %

1.1 ± 0.02^e

2.02 ± 0.05^b

2.07 ± 0.06^b

2.26 ± 0.04^a

0.87 ± 0.03^f

1.44 ± 0.06^d

1.65 ± 0.02^c

2.06 ± 0.07^b

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.003