Table 4 Variations in osmolality, Cl^–, Na⁺, K⁺, AST, and ALT levels in the plasma of the initial, fed, and starved groups of rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus^*

	Initial group	Fed group	Starved group
Osmolality (mOsm/kgH₂O)	363.6 ± 11.82^ab	374.0 ± 13.17^b	349.0 ± 6.00^a
Cl^-(mmol/L)	149.8 ± 3.56^a	153.0 ± 1.87^a	150.2 ± 2.77^a
K⁺(mmol/L)	3.0 ± 0.58^ab	2.4 ± 0.26^a	3.4 ± 0.60^b
Na⁺(mmol/L)	178.0 ± 3.32^b	180.4 ± 3.78^b	171.2 ± 2.59^a
AST (IU/L)	57.8 ± 32.12^a	25.0 ± 14.68^a	78.4 ± 59.44^a
ALT (IU/L)	5.6 ± 3.21^a	5.3 ± 1.26^ab	10.2 ± 4.15^b

^*Data are means ± SD (n = 10 for each group). In each column, means with different lower-case superscript letters are significantly different (Duncan’s multiple range test, P<0.05).