Growth Patterns and Growth-Axis Gene Expressions in Sexual Dimorphism of Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758

Table 3

The statistical analysis of anatomical characteristics between female and male populations in S. asotus.

Variables	3 months		5 months		7 months
	Female (n = 83)	Male (n = 91)	Female (n = 112)	Male (n = 88)	Female (n = 102)	Male (n = 98)
Weight (g)	199.04 ± 13.05^c	137.47 ± 10.37^c	364.65 ± 41.42^b	166.31 ± 15.81^c	530.13 ± 25.22^a	234.15 ± 32.22^c
Visceral weight (g)	17.5 ± 1.46^b	11.01 ± 1.81^b	42.02 ± 2.20^a	15.51 ± 1.38^b	47.13 ± 2.75^a	17.82 ± 1.63^b
Eviscerated weight (g)	185.07 ± 10.47^c	127.68 ± 7.61^c	291.81 ± 23.10^b	160.93 ± 16.98^c	413.76 ± 21.13^a	202.06 ± 27.07^c
Fat weight (g)	2.47 ± 0.57^b	1.93 ± 0.42^b	5.32 ± 1.43^ab	1.79 ± 0.75^b	7.47 ± 1.00^a	1.67 ± 0.63^b
Gonad weight (g)	1.52 ± 0.24^b	1.76 ± 0.22^b	11.62 ± 1.25^a	2.08 ± 0.49^b	14.10 ± 1.13^a	2.11 ± 0.3^b
Intestines weight (g)	5.16 ± 0.34^b	4.23 ± 0.58^b	10.48 ± 0.76^a	4.86 ± 0.46^b	10.81 ± 0.61^a	4.97 ± 0.31^b
Kidney weight (g)	1.34 ± 0.37^c	0.81 ± 0.23^c	3.33 ± 0.22^b	1.38 ± 0.12^c	4.70 ± 0.34^a	1.83 ± 0.17^c
Liver weight (g)	3.69 ± 0.50^b	2.85 ± 0.32^b	7.81 ± 1.01^a	3.34 ± 0.37^b	9.81 ± 0.91^a	3.60 ± 0.43^b
Spleen weight (g)	0.64 ± 0.36	0.34 ± 0.17	0.61 ± 0.11	0.38 ± 0.02	0.66 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.07

Note. The data were expressed by the mean ± standard error; the HSD was used to put up multiple comparisons. Significant differences are indicated by lowercases ( or ).