Table 2 Measurements of five different species fishes (n = 5; expressed as the mean ± standard deviation [SD]).

From: Laboratory study on the relative predation rates of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) larvae by five fish species

Scientific name

Commen name

Weight (g)

Body length (cm)

Body width (cm)

Mouth width (cm)

Chaetodon auripes

Oriental butterflyfish

5.04 ± 0.67

5.46 ± 0.82

4.02 ± 0.44

0.22 ± 0.03

Arothron hispidus

White-spotted puffer

8.90 ± 4.93

6.56 ± 1.48

2.23 ± 0.21

0.44 ± 0.21

Ostorhinchus taeniophorus

Reef-flat cardinalfish

2.85 ± 0.29

5.77 ± 0.21

1.72 ± 0.11

0.36 ± 0.11

Amphiprion ocellaris

Ocellaris clownfish

0.09 ± 0.01

1.56 ± 0.21

0.58 ± 0.08

NA

Lates calcarifer

Asian sea bass

5.62 ± 1.16

7.44 ± 0.75

0.77 ± 0.08

0.56 ± 0.09

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