Table 5 The effect of stocking density on the growth of river puffer

10-g size

10.1 ± 0.05

4

25.7 ± 0.99^a

10.1 ± 0.39

1.55 ± 0.06^a

154 ± 11.0^a

96.3 ± 3.93^a

100 ± 0.00^a

10.0 ± 0.02

8

24.4 ± 2.14^a

19.2 ± 1.68

1.49 ± 0.13^a

143 ± 20.9^ab

87.9 ± 5.70^ab

100 ± 0.00^a

10.0 ± 0.01

12

24.4 ± 2.33^a

28.7 ± 2.74

1.47 ± 0.19^ab

134 ± 16.7^ab

85.4 ± 5.15^b

98.6 ± 2.41^a

10.2 ± 0.06

20

20.4 ± 2.43^b

39.9 ± 4.77

1.21 ± 0.20^b

118 ± 6.31^b

80.7 ± 2.05^b

98.3 ± 2.89^a

40-g size

40.5 ± 0.32

3

98.3 ± 3.01^a

7.38 ± 0.23

0.99 ± 0.05^a

143 ± 11.7^a

82.8 ± 3.40^a

100 ± 0.00^a

40.2 ± 0.26

6

89.9 ± 8.64^a

13.5 ± 1.30

0.91 ± 0.09^a

124 ± 20.3^a

80.9 ± 4.22^a

100 ± 0.00^a

40.0 ± 0.31

9

75.9 ± 3.37^b

17.1 ± 0.76

0.74 ± 0.04^b

90.1 ± 7.42^b

78.7 ± 3.13^a

98.1 ± 3.21^a

40.0 ± 0.28

15

73.2 ± 5.45^b

27.5 ± 2.04

0.69 ± 0.09^b

83.6 ± 15.2^b

77.1 ± 5.89^a

96.7 ± 3.33^a