Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture a Protein
Lipid
Ash
N. hexagonolepis
29.90
78.20
13.70
5.30
R. guttatus
13.20
75.90
14.90
5.20
T. putitora
14.70
77.17
13.90
6.20
T. tor
14.80
74.75
15.90
7.00
a Fresh weight.
Source: Data from Kosygin et al. (2001).
Tor tambroides Bleeker 1854
Common name: Malayan mahseer,
Thai mahseer.
Distribution: Throughout southern Asia
and from Indonesia to China (Entri, 2013).
Habitat: Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Description: Adults of this species
are streamlined in shape, and vary in
color from yellowish brown to pinkish, with dark fins. The tail fin is deeply
forked and the dorsal fin is large. Scale
color is reddish white. Lip is thick and
fleshy. The presence of a long median
lobe on the lower lip and large scales
with dark vertical bands, especially on
the scales above the lateral line, is the
most distinctive feature of this species.
The ranges of gill rakers and vertebrae
numbers are 17–23 and 30–34, respectively. The number of branchiostegals
rays is three. The meristic characteristics showed greater differences among
the Tor tambroides populations than the
morphometric characteristics. This fish
grows to a maximum length of 100 cm
and maximum weight of 80 kg (Poh,
2006; Entri, 2013).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture a Protein Ash Fat Fiber NFE b
74.45
48.57 10.02 32.40 0.70 3.83
a Wet weight.
b Nitrogen-free extract.
Source: Data from Ismail et al. (2013).
Fatty Acids of Muscle (% of Total
Fatty Acids)
14:0
3.35
16:0
25.97
16:1
4.83
18:0
10.63
18:1n-9
23.40
18:3n-3
0.18
20:0
2.38
20:3
0.73
20:4n-6
5.94
24:1
0.10
20:5n-3
3.33
22:5n-3
1.50
22:6n-3
6.73
SFA
42.32
MUFA
31.35
PUFA n-3
11.51
n-3/n-6
0.79
Source: Data from Ramezani-Fard
et al. (2011).
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture a Protein
Lipid
Ash
N. hexagonolepis
29.90
78.20
13.70
5.30
R. guttatus
13.20
75.90
14.90
5.20
T. putitora
14.70
77.17
13.90
6.20
T. tor
14.80
74.75
15.90
7.00
a Fresh weight.
Source: Data from Kosygin et al. (2001).
Tor tambroides Bleeker 1854
Common name: Malayan mahseer,
Thai mahseer.
Distribution: Throughout southern Asia
and from Indonesia to China (Entri, 2013).
Habitat: Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Description: Adults of this species
are streamlined in shape, and vary in
color from yellowish brown to pinkish, with dark fins. The tail fin is deeply
forked and the dorsal fin is large. Scale
color is reddish white. Lip is thick and
fleshy. The presence of a long median
lobe on the lower lip and large scales
with dark vertical bands, especially on
the scales above the lateral line, is the
most distinctive feature of this species.
The ranges of gill rakers and vertebrae
numbers are 17–23 and 30–34, respectively. The number of branchiostegals
rays is three. The meristic characteristics showed greater differences among
the Tor tambroides populations than the
morphometric characteristics. This fish
grows to a maximum length of 100 cm
and maximum weight of 80 kg (Poh,
2006; Entri, 2013).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture a Protein Ash Fat Fiber NFE b
74.45
48.57 10.02 32.40 0.70 3.83
a Wet weight.
b Nitrogen-free extract.
Source: Data from Ismail et al. (2013).
Fatty Acids of Muscle (% of Total
Fatty Acids)
14:0
3.35
16:0
25.97
16:1
4.83
18:0
10.63
18:1n-9
23.40
18:3n-3
0.18
20:0
2.38
20:3
0.73
20:4n-6
5.94
24:1
0.10
20:5n-3
3.33
22:5n-3
1.50
22:6n-3
6.73
SFA
42.32
MUFA
31.35
PUFA n-3
11.51
n-3/n-6
0.79
Source: Data from Ramezani-Fard
et al. (2011).