Table 2 Biological information of coral fishes collected in the Bidong Island, Malaysian South China Sea

Thalassoma lunare

21.0 ± 2.5

17.6 – 24.2

92.6 ± 26.6

14.1 - 23.3

1.22 ± 0.43

0.76 - 1.92

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Lutjanus lutjanus

18.1 ± 0.8

17.0 - 19.5

79.0 ± 13.3

62.8 - 109

0.51 ± 0.16

0.04 - 0.39

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Abudefduf bengalensis

14.9 ± 0.6

14.3 - 16.0

93.0 ± 16.8

74.6 - 116.9

1.26 ± 0.33

0.92 - 1.62

5

Scarus rivulatus

23.0 ± 2.6

20.6 - 26.7

250 ± 88.7

163 - 378

15.4 ± 9.3

3.71 - 28.9

5

Scolopsis affinis

19.2 ± 2.0

17.2 - 21.1

106 ± 26.3

77.7 - 130

1.08 ± 0.13

0.95 - 1.21

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