Table 2 Comparative analysis of gonadosomatic index (GSI), sex hormone and thyroid hormone in river puffer, Takifugu obscurus, tiger puffer, T. rubripes, hybrid river puffer (♀)×tiger puffer (♂) between their parents and hybrid triploid*1

Initial group*2 3 months after initial measurement*2
Riverpuffer Hybrid Hybrid triploid Tigerpuffer Riverpuffer Hybrid Hybridtriploid Tiger puffer
Body weight (BW, g) 32.1±6.88a 34.2±9.17a 33.8±7.41a 44.3±8.54b 44.1±5.3a 50.8±3.14b 43.8±4.18a 54.3±6.89b
Viscera fat weight/BW (%) 7.7±0.54a 10.5±1.02b 8.9±0.77a 11.6±1.06b 9.7±1.81a 13.5±1.72b 9.5±1.81a 13.7±1.84b
GSI (%)*3 0.1±0.05a 0.1±0.02a 0.1±0.02a 0.4±0.02b 0.1±0.03a 0.1±0.04a 0.1±0.04a 0.4±0.03b
*1 The values are means ± SD (n=10) of triplicate groups. Values in the same column not sharing common superscripts are significantly different among ploidy and season (P<0.05).
*2 Allparameters of each group were measured in March to July, 2016, respectively.
*3 Gonadosomatic index (GSI)=(Gonad weight/Body weight) ×100.
Table 3. Comparative analysis of hematological parameters in river puffer, Takifugu obscurus, tiger puffer, T. rubripes, hybrid river puffer (♀)×tiger puffer (♂) between their parents and hybrid triploid*1