Neobenedenia melleni Parasite of Red Snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus, with Regression Statistical Analysis between Fish Length, Temperature, and Parasitic Intensity in Infected Fish, Cultured at Jerejak Island, Penang, Malaysia

Table 1

The table shows the descriptive statistics of dependent and predictor variables.

Characteristics	Frequency,	Prevalence (%)	Mean	SD
Dependent variables
Neobenedenia melleni	379	94.8	25.24	2.8
Predictor variables
Fish length	375	93.8	24.3	3.7
Categorical variables
Water temperature
32.0	154	54.4
33.0	129	45.6
Water salinity
32.0	168	59.4
33.0	115	40.6

Note.Total percentage is not 100% due to missing values; SD: standard deviation.