Table 2. Overview of specimens of P. polleni and E. maculatus subjected to microCT imaging including details about voxel size, image resolution, and number of images used for the 3D reconstructions.
Paratilapia polleni | Etroplus maculatus | |||||||
Specimen no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Fish data | SL (mm) | 47 | 54 | 49 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 33 |
BW (g) | 3.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | |
Whole fish scan | Voxel size (µm) | x = 28 y = 28 z = 25 | x = 42 y = 42 z = 33 | – | – | x = 33 y = 33 z = 25 | – | – |
Image resolution (pixels/inch) | 900 | 600 | – | – | 770 | – | – | |
Number of images | 1799 | 1764 | – | – | 1742 | – | – | |
Close-up scan | Voxel size (µm) | – | x = 15 y = 15 z = 15 | x = 15 y = 15 z = 15 | x = 24 y = 24 z = 24 | x = 15 y = 15 z = 10 | x = 15 y = 15 z = 10 | x = 9.66 y = 9.66 z = 9.66 |
Image resolution (pixels/inch) | – | 1719 | 1719 | 1067 | 1715 | 1715 | 150 | |
Number of images | – | 981 | 980 | 495 | 996 | 996 | 497 |
BW, body weight; SL, standard length.