Table 3.
Personality traits of ten experimental fish species (mean ± S.E., N = 20)
| Species | Body mass (g) | Body length (cm) | Boldness | Sociability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection frequency (min−1) | Inspection latency (min) | Time near shoal (%) | Distance to shoal (BLs1) | |||
| Cichlid | 1.97 ± 0.07 | 4.34 ± 0.05 | 1.66 ± 0.09a | 0.86 ± 0.36d | 82.70 ± 1.61bc | 1.35 ± 0.10bc |
| Zebrafish | 0.76 ± 0.04 | 3.34 ± 0.05 | 1.04 ± 0.27b | 7.64 ± 2.00 cd | 89.89 ± 1.68ab | 1.27 ± 0.14bc |
| Mountain carp | 1.30 ± 0.06 | 4.48 ± 0.07 | 0.53 ± 0.11c | 9.83 ± 2.31bc | 85.73 ± 3.55abc | 1.56 ± 0.23ab |
| Pale chub | 3.16 ± 0.12 | 6.31 ± 0.24 | 0.69 ± 0.10c | 11.99 ± 2.65bc | 84.43 ± 3.20abc | 1.44 ± 0.12abc |
| Tench | 1.92 ± 0.06 | 4.53 ± 0.05 | 0.45 ± 0.08cd | 11.68 ± 2.42 bc | 80.41 ± 2.92bc | 1.78 ± 0.21ab |
| Bitterling | 1.97 ± 0.07 | 4.62 ± 0.05 | 0.40 ± 0.11cd | 17.29 ± 3.07b | 74.94 ± 6.92c | 2.14 ± 0.50a |
| Qingbo | 2.63 ± 0.07 | 6.58 ± 0.06 | 0.36 ± 0.05cd | 13.43 ± 2.63bc | 86.77 ± 1.11abc | 1.27 ± 0.06bc |
| Stream grouper | 1.70 ± 0.09 | 4.81 ± 0.09 | 0.35 ± 0.08cd | 12.13 ± 3.14bc | 83.80 ± 3.27abc | 1.54 ± 0.21ab |
| Crucian carp | 2.18 ± 0.09 | 4.57 ± 0.08 | 0.08 ± 0.03e | 22.45 ± 2.47a | 95.11 ± 1.76a | 0.71 ± 0.08c |
| Bighead carp | 1.29 ± 0.04 | 4.43 ± 0.05 | 0.14 ± 0.04de | 14.58 ± 2.95bc | 81.82 ± 5.73bc | 1.68 ± 0.34ab |
a, b, c, d, e, superscript without a common letter are significantly different (P < 0.05)