Nutritional Freshwater Life
94
Fatty Acids (% of Total Fatty Acids)
Saturated Fatty Acids (SFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C12:0 lauric acid
0.83
0.91
C14:0 myristic
3.81
3.06
C15:0 pentadecyclic
1.55
1.18
C16:0 palmitic
27.64 17.34
C17:0 margaric
1.51
1.09
C18:0 stearic
9.67
6.42
C20:0 arachidic
0.82
0.40
Total
45.83 30.40
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C16:1w5c ambrettolic
0.56
—
C17:1w8c
0.85
0.53
C18:1w9c oleic
21.04
14.46
C18:1w7c octadecenoic
4.81
3.87
Total
27.26
18.86
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C18:w6c linolenic
—
0.39
C20:4w6c arachidonic
4.75
4.84
Total
4.75
5.23
Source: Data from Dinakaran et al. (2010).
Macrobrachium idella idella Hilgendorf 1898
(= Macrobrachium rude)
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Common name: River prawn.
Distribution: East Africa, Madagascar,
Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh
(De Grave et al., 2013c).
Habitat: Rivers and lakes.
Description: In this species, the second
legs are covered by a very fine granulation that is often hidden beneath
the pubescence. Both fingers have the
cutting edge lined on either side by a
row of tubercles that are often sharply
pointed. The hepatic spine is very
slightly lower than the antennal spine
(Johnson, 1973).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
CHO a
Lipid
Male
52.44
1.96
3.76
Female
50.25
2.13
3.40
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Athiyaman and Rajendran
(2013).
94
Fatty Acids (% of Total Fatty Acids)
Saturated Fatty Acids (SFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C12:0 lauric acid
0.83
0.91
C14:0 myristic
3.81
3.06
C15:0 pentadecyclic
1.55
1.18
C16:0 palmitic
27.64 17.34
C17:0 margaric
1.51
1.09
C18:0 stearic
9.67
6.42
C20:0 arachidic
0.82
0.40
Total
45.83 30.40
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C16:1w5c ambrettolic
0.56
—
C17:1w8c
0.85
0.53
C18:1w9c oleic
21.04
14.46
C18:1w7c octadecenoic
4.81
3.87
Total
27.26
18.86
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs)
Fatty Acid
Female Male
C18:w6c linolenic
—
0.39
C20:4w6c arachidonic
4.75
4.84
Total
4.75
5.23
Source: Data from Dinakaran et al. (2010).
Macrobrachium idella idella Hilgendorf 1898
(= Macrobrachium rude)
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Common name: River prawn.
Distribution: East Africa, Madagascar,
Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh
(De Grave et al., 2013c).
Habitat: Rivers and lakes.
Description: In this species, the second
legs are covered by a very fine granulation that is often hidden beneath
the pubescence. Both fingers have the
cutting edge lined on either side by a
row of tubercles that are often sharply
pointed. The hepatic spine is very
slightly lower than the antennal spine
(Johnson, 1973).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
CHO a
Lipid
Male
52.44
1.96
3.76
Female
50.25
2.13
3.40
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Athiyaman and Rajendran
(2013).