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. 2025 Mar 31;15(3):1157–1165. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2025.v15.i3.8

Table 2. The proportion of taste buds in the same area across the six koi fish variants.

Fish variants	Mean ± SD
Fish variants	Area A1	Area A2	Area A3	Area B1	Area B2	Area B3	Area B4	Area B5
Kohaku	20.20 ± 4.21^ab	15.20 ± 4.71^a	16.60 ± 2.19^ac	16.60 ± 5.86^a	17.40 ± 2.79^a	19.40 ± 3.05^ab	18.20 ± 2.77^a	16.00 ± 2.24^a
Shiro	17.60 ± 8.88^a	20.60 ± 4.28^a	15.80 ± 5.50^ac	16.20 ± 4,09^a	14.80 ± 3,63^a	22,00 ± 2.92^ab	13.20 ± 2.59^a	16.00 ± 4.58^a
Showa	18.00 ± 4.18^a	19.60 ± 4.16^a	23.00 ± 7.62^a	16,60 ± 6.50^a	22,20 ± 2.78^a	13.40 ± 8.38^abc	21.60 ± 2.70^ab	19.00 ± 7.45^ab
Sanke	16.60 ± 5.03^a	14.40 ± 5.03^ab	17.20 ± 3.90^ac	14.00 ± 4.30^a	21.60 ± 6.27^a	14.60 ± 1.52^abc	26.80 ± 2.77^bc	24.60 ± 2.61^bc
Platinum	7.80 ± 3.56^ac	29.80 ± 8.17^ac	18.00 ± 3.81^a	15.20 ± 10.66^a	22.20 ± 3.83^a	16.40 ± 1.68^ab	34.00 ± 3.08^d	31.20 ± 3.90^c
Ogon	21.60 ± 8.29^ab	25.80 ± 4.38^ac	27.00 ± 4.30^ab	14.20 ± 5.21^a	17.80 ± 3.96^a	24.20 ± 4.15^abd	29.80 ± 3.35^cd	31.20 ± 2.68^c

*superscripts that are the same within a column indicate no significant differences.