Table 2. Constituents of diluents used in the experiments

Ingredient Stein’s solution(Stein & Bayrle, 1978) Hanks’ balanced salt solution(HBBS) (Bart et al., 1998) Marine fish Ringer’s solution(MFRS) (Le et al., 2011) Small yellow croaker ASP(Le et al., 2011) Cortland solution(Cheng et al., 2015)
NaCl(Sodium chloride, g/L) 0.75 8.00 13.50 9.92 7.25
KCl(Potassium chloride, g/L) 0.038 0.40 0.60 0.77 0.38
CaCl2(Calcium chloride, g/L) - 0.14 0.35 0.13 0.18
MgSO4 · 7H2O(Magnesium sulphate, g/L) - 0.20 - - 1.00
Na2HPO4 · 7H2O (g/L) - 0.06 - - 0.23
KH2PO4(Potassium phosphate, g/L) - 0.03 - - 0.41
Hen egg yolk (mL) 100 - - - -
C6H12O6(Glucose, g/L) 0.10 1.00 - 1.00 1.00
NaHCO3(Sodium bicarbonate, g/L) 0.20 0.17 0.03 - -
MgCl2(Magnesium chloride, g/L) - - 0.02 0.05 -
NaH2PO4 · 2H2O(Sodium phosphate, g/L) - - - - 1.00