Table 2.
Mean magnitudes ±SEMa of relative muscle mass, strain, and shortening velocity at peak gape for striped surfperch, largemouth bass, and bluegill sunfish
| SH % axial muscle mass | SH strain (%) | SH velocity (Li/s−1) | Epaxial strain (%) | Epaxial velocity (Li/s−1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embiotoca lateralis | 8.8 ± 0.59 | 7.2 ± 0.55 | 4.9 ± 0.65 | 3.9 ± 0.50 | 2.7 ± 0.51 |
| Lepomis macrochirus | 4.0 ± 0.99 | 12.0 ± 1.0 | 4.4 ± 0.50 | 3.9 ± 0.50 | 2.2 ± 0.30 |
| Micropterus salmoides | 1.7 ± 0.08 | 1.3 ± 0.30 | 0.1 ± 0.09 | 4.7 ± 0.30 | 1.0 ± 0.06 |
a
n = 4 individuals for E. lateralis muscle strain data and n = 3 for all other values. Lepomis macrochirus and M. salmoides data from Camp et al. (2015) and Camp et al. (2018), respectively, with additional SH and epaxial strain and velocity values from fluoromicrometry for a third L. macrochirus added here. Axial muscle mass was taken as the total mass of the epaxial and hypaxial musculature following gross dissection.