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Table 1 Tagging rate using the naked eye and the UV lamp of visible implant fluorescent elastomer (VIE) tags in each site of marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, from 0 to 12 months after VIE tagging

From: Evaluation of visible fluorescent elastomer tags implanted in marine medaka, Oryzias dancena

Month

Color

Tagging rate (%)

Abdomen

Back

Caudal vasculature

1

Red

57.4 ± 3.26a

99.3 ± 0.16b

99.0 ± 0.22b

Green

77.6 ± 1.11a

94.7 ± 0.85b

99.3 ± 0.10c

Yellow

74.3 ± 1.48a

94.9 ± 0.80b

95.4 ± 0.67b

3

Red

60.6 ± 2.32a

93.5 ± 1.03b

99.4 ± 0.05c

Green

76.4 ± 0.87a

93.8 ± 0.58b

95.6 ± 0.57c

Yellow

73.2 ± 1.75a

94.9 ± 0.99b

92.9 ± 2.10b

6

Red

57.3 ± 3.74a

92.0 ± 1.52b

96.5 ± 0.60c

Green

80.7 ± 2.10a

92.6 ± 0.83b

94.9 ± 0.81b

Yellow

75.1 ± 1.68a

95.4 ± 1.00b

92.2 ± 1.88b

9

Red

64.4 ± 3.19a

93.4 ± 0.67b

97.5 ± 0.80c

Green

79.0 ± 1.46a

89.8 ± 1.79b

99.1 ± 0.09c

Yellow

75.9 ± 2.00a

95.5 ± 0.73b

94.4 ± 1.73b

12

Red

67.2 ± 3.05a

90.5 ± 1.31b

96.6 ± 0.66c

Green

79.5 ± 1.96a

94.4 ± 0.74b

97.2 ± 0.38c

Yellow

70.4 ± 1.21a

94.6 ± 0.94b

95.6 ± 0.86b

  1. Samples tagged with VIE were investigated. Values are mean ± S.E. (n = 50). The experiment was performed in triplicate. The values in each column that do not share a common superscript are significantly different from one another (P < 0.05)