Cui and Wootton (1988) observed that the energy allocation pattern
in minnows Phoxinus phoxinus (L.) (1–5.4 g) fed maximum rations was
independent of temperature over the experimental temperature range
of 5–15 °C. Pandian (1982) reported that energy budgets of Channa
striatus (Bloch 1797) were relatively constant between 22 and 37 °C
though the ratio of growth energy to food energy at 17 °C was far too
low over the experimental temperature range of 17–37 °C. The proportions
of food energy allocated to each component of energy budget of
brown trout S. trutta L. did not vary much over the 5–13 °C temperature
range and the 11–260 g size range based on the data by Elliott (1976b).
In this paper cobia exhibited the similar phenomenon of constant
energy allocation between 27 to 33 °C and 70 to 200 g though energy
budgets differed significantly over thewhole experimental temperature
and size ranges of 23–35 °C and 10–200 g.