Table 2.
Coefficients of variation averaged for each
family of fish as to tissue. Calculations
are based on four or more fish with the
number of coefficients used in parenthesis.
Pamily
6 Ommn0n
name
Butterfly
fish
Cardinal fish
Damselfish
Skin
39(3)
Liver
Viscera
75(3)
41(3)
50(3)
43(3)
Entire
0f2
50(15)
20
af1)
83(10)
90(11) 80(10)
36(1)
35(1)
86(11) 83(10)
26(1)
g6{1)
Grouper
24(4)
27 3}
29(4)
43 5}
48(4)
60(6)
79(6)
82(6)
27(2
43(1)
61(1
28(1)
24(5
48(5)
98(5
23(3) 44(28
Herring.
rr
Parrot fish
Squirrelfish
72(6)
8(1
Surgeonfish
28(3
Averages
53(32)
Wrasse
24(4
a
66(6)
17(1
8(1)
19(3
55(39) 50(33)
33%
34(4)
25(3
61(37) 69(33)
26(3
Av.
Goatfish
Mullet
25(1)
MuscleBone
a5 52)
34 (22)
16(2) 6 5
72(30)
42 1} 30 2}
31(6
27 25}
27(11)56(185)
Averages
without
fish and
sotist
27(16) 35(22) 28(27) 42(20) 57(17) 27(13) 37(203)