Table 1 Absolute (in kg) and relative (in %) content of bone mineral, lipid tissue, and lean tissue in different appendages and organsÂ
From: Buoyancy and hydrostatic balance in a West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Structure | All tissues (kg) | Bone mineral (kg) | Lipid tissue (kg) | Lean tissue (kg) | Displaced seawater (kg) | Bone mineral frac. (%) | Lipid frac. (%) | Lean frac. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complete body | 26.02 | 0.45 | 6.13 | 19.45 | 26.12 | 1.72 | 23.54 | 74.74 |
| Â | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
Main body | 80.54 | 76.78 | 80.55 | 80.63 | 80.61 | 1.64 | 23.54 | 74.82 |
Fatty organ | 0.63 | 0 | 2.51 | 0.06 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 93.46 | 6.54 |
Pectoral fins | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 2.02 | 16.69 | 81.29 |
Pelvic fins | 0.80 | 0.49 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 1.05 | 19.91 | 79.04 |
1st dorsal fin | 0.27 | 2.76 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 17.38 | 19.47 | 63.16 |
2nd dorsal fin | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 1.46 | 12.08 | 86.46 |
Anal fin | 0.78 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 1.11 | 15.08 | 83.81 |
Caudal fin combined | 14.00 | 16.34 | 13.43 | 14.12 | 13.93 | 2.00 | 22.58 | 75.41 |
Ventral muscle | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12.77 | 87.23 |
Dorsal muscle | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10.15 | 89.85 |
Intermuscular fat | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68.13 | 31.87 |
Fatty organ, anterior | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94.67 | 5.33 |
Fatty organ, posterior | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96.67 | 3.33 |
Pericardial | – | – | – | – | – | – | 83.68 | 16.32 |
Pericerebral | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89.76 | 10.24 |
Perivertebral | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89.70 | 10.30 |
Postocular | – | – | – | – | – | – | 84.03 | 15.97 |
Liver | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14.48 | 85.52 |
Spleen | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13.48 | 86.52 |
Notochord, medulla | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9.52 | 90.48 |
Notochord, cortex | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.36 | 97.64 |
Vestigial lung | – | 13.2 mg | – | – | – | 0.0030 | 5.83 | 94.17 |