. 2019 Dec 23;14(12):e0222780. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222780

Table 3. Growth and biometry of the juvenile pearl gentian grouper fed with diets containing various concentrations of FM replaced with SPC.

Items	Diets
Items	SPC0	SPC15	SPC 30	SPC45	SPC60	SPC75
W_i (g)	7.97 ± 0.00	7.98 ± 0.04	8.04 ± 0.03	8.01 ± 0.01	8.02 ± 0.01	8.01 ± 0.01
W_f (g)	41.29 ± 0.66^b	46.12 ± 0.78^a	39.34 ± 0.54^c	34.23 ± 0.89^d	26.14 ± 0.95^e	19.53 ± 0.32^f
BWG (g)	33.32 ± 0.60^b	38.14 ± 0.90 ^a	31.30 ± 0.60^c	26.22 ± 0.98 ^d	18.12 ± 0.95^e	11.52 ± 0. 32^f
WGR (%)	3.76 ± 0.13^b	4.53 ± 0.33^a	3.62 ± 0.12^b	3.05 ± 0.29^c	1.88 ± 0.17^d	1.04 ± 0.06^e
SGR (% d⁻¹)	3.42 ± 0.02^b	3.72 ± 0.09^a	3.24 ± 0.06^c	2.76 ± 0.12^d	1.92 ± 0.13^e	0.78 ± 0.07^f
PER	1.69 ± 0.07^c	2.32 ± 0.15^a	2.21 ± 0.09^ab	2.04 ± 0.17^b	1.62 ± 0.14^c	1.11 ± 0.07^d
DFI (% d⁻¹)	3.98 ± 0.11^a	3.07 ± 0.13^bc	2.95 ± 0.08^c	3.07 ± 0.15^bc	3.05 ± 0.12^bc	3.09 ± 0.07^bc
FCR	1.27 ± 0.05^b	0.93 ± 0.06^a	0.96 ± 0.04^a	1.07 ± 0.09^a	1.32 ± 0.12^b	1.96 ± 0.13^c
Survival %	91.11 ± 1.92^bc	95.55 ± 3.85^ab	94.44 ± 1.93^ab	96.67 ± 3.34^a	88.89 ± 1.93^cd	85.56 ± 1.93^d
Biometric indices
CF (g cm⁻³)	1.73 ± 0.13^a	1.65 ± 0.14^ab	1.61 ± 0.19^ab	1.61 ± 0.14^ab	1.56 ± 0.15^b	1.41 ± 0.20^c
HSI (%)	2.97 ± 0.38^a	2.47 ± 0.58^ab	2.17 ± 0.56^b	2.58 ± 0.54^ab	2.46 ± 0.61^ab	2.12 ± 0.61^b
IPR (%)	1.41 ± 0.41^b	1.68 ± 0.59^ab	2.03 ± 0.58^a	1.78 ± 0.33^ab	1.69 ± 0.52^ab	0.93 ± 0.57^c

Values (mean ± SD, n = 3) within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). Absence of letters indicates no significant difference between treatments. W_i: initial weight; W_f: final weight of fish; BWG: average body weight gain; WGR: Weight gain ratio; SGR: specific growth rate, survival; PER: protein efficiency ratio; DFI: Daily feed intake; FCR: feed conversion ratio; SR: survival rate; CF: Condition factor; HIS: hepatosomatic index; IPR: intraperitoneal ratio.