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Table 4 Proximate composition (%) of the whole body of juvenile barred knifejaw Oplegnathus fasciatus fed the experimental diets for 8 weeks

From: Re-evaluation of the optimum dietary protein level for maximum growth of juvenile barred knifejaw Oplegnathus fasciatus reared in cages

Protein levels (%)

Moisture

Crude protein

Crude lipid

Crude ash

35

66.5 ± 1.1

15.9 ± 0.1b

9.5 ± 0.3ab

4.3 ± 0.3

40

65.3 ± 1.0

15.8 ± 0.3b

9.2 ± 0.2b

4.2 ± 0.1

45

66.1 ± 0.6

16.5 ± 0.3a

9.8 ± 0.1a

4.1 ± 0.2

50

65.0 ± 0.8

16.5 ± 0.3a

10.1 ± 0.2a

4.0 ± 0.3

60

65.5 ± 0.9

16.8 ± 0.2a

10.0 ± 0.2a

4.3 ± 0.2

  1. Values are means from triplicate groups of fish where the means in each column with a different superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05)