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Table 1 Biological characteristics of the corresponding cuttlebone and the body of 19 live cuttlefishes used in the TS measurements

From: The influence of cuttlebone on the target strength of live golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta) at 70 and 120 kHz

Specimen No.

Cuttlefish

Cuttlebone

Lengtha (mm)

Weight (g)

Length (mm)

Weight (g)

Width (mm)

Thickness (mm)

1

194

550

185

41.2

63.0

14.8

2

176

435

172

41.6

61.4

15.6

3

165

520

159

31.9

68.0

14.3

4

178

510

173

39.0

66.7

16.8

5

182

643

175

47.9

64.4

16.4

6

174

565

169

33.4

61.0

15.1

7

164

370

155

37.4

58.1

18.0

8

176

512

171

45.3

68.0

16.4

9

158

335

152

29.3

59.8

14.9

10

203

720

195

47.9

66.0

17.2

11

161

475

158

31.3

55.0

13.6

12

156

450

151

31.8

59.0

15.0

13

166

420

161

33.6

62.9

15.5

14

172

530

166

35.9

63.2

15.3

15

177

645

173

48.8

62.0

16.6

16

176

675

173

42.4

59.3

17.8

17

197

645

191

53.2

69.0

16.4

18

160

475

155

30.1

55.0

13.9

19

169

545

163

35.1

63.0

15.5

mean

173.9

527.4

168.3

38.8

62.4

15.7

  1. a The length of cuttlefish is a dorsal mantle length