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Table 1 Host biometric data of the fish species studied from Antarctic waters. Data are given as the mean ± standard deviation (first row), followed by the median (second row) and the range (third row)

From: Parasite fauna of the Antarctic dragonfish Parachaenichthys charcoti (Perciformes: Bathydraconidae) and closely related Bathydraconidae from the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Species

TL (cm)

TW (g)

CW (g)

LW (g)

M

F

nd

G. acuticeps (n = 9)

26.4 ± 3.50

132.06 ± 60.96

105.62 ± 50.81

3.187 ± 2.55

   

25.9

122.03

92.48

2.542

5

4

0

20.1–32.3

48.18–264.60

37.64–219.35

1.163–9.631

   

P. charcoti (n = 47)

19.3 ± 4.71

34.93 ± 33.90

26.84 ± 27.98

0.797 ± 0.88

   

16.9

19.06

15.04

0.368

16

12

19

13.1–31.1

7.36–174.42

5.53–144.67

0.060–4.280

   

R. glacialis (n = 6)

25.4 ± 5.67

84.96 ± 43.62

67.48 ± 33.70

2.083 ± 1.43

   

27.6

93.9

75.825

1.945

0

5

1

15.1–30.0

14.14–128.49

10.98–98.40

0.294–4.140

   

G. australis (n = 5)

22.2 ± 2.69

39.00 ± 18.04

32.78 ± 14.35

0.745 ± 0.52

   

22.0

34.93

30.67

0.539

4

0

1

18.0–24.9

14.86–57.40

12.83–48.28

0.236–1.368

   
  1. Abbreviations: TL host total length, TW host total weight, CW host carcass weight, LW host liver weight, M number of male fish, F number of female fish, nd number of fish with undetermined sex