Table 1. Descriptive statistics of whole-body proximate analyses, body mass (BM), total length (TL) and relative condition (Kn; based on Randall’s [KnR] and Shuman’s [KnS] FL-at-BM relationship) for captive adult pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus. For the determination of Kn, TL observations were converted to fork length (FL) as per Keenlyne and Maxwell (1993). SE represents standard error, n = 43.
| Parameter | Mean | SE | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipid (%) | 20.9 | 0.7 | 13.9 | 33.3 |
| Energy (kcal/100 g) | 245.2 | 6.3 | 187.0 | 351.5 |
| Ash (%) | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 4.9 |
| Moisture (%) | 62.2 | 0.7 | 52.0 | 69.1 |
| Protein (%) | 14.3 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 16.5 |
| BM (g) | 3342.7 | 121.2 | 1626.0 | 5429.0 |
| TL (mm) | 915.8 | 7.8 | 790.0 | 1015.0 |
| KnR (no units) | 1.6 | <0.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| KnS (no units) | 1.4 | <0.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 |