Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Anabantidae
Common name: Climbing perch.
Distribution: Asia: India to Wallace
line, including China (Froese and
Pauly, 2012).
Habitat: Rivers and pond waters.
Description: Body of this species is
covered by cycloid scales. Lateral line
sense organ is identified by the black
spots, and there is a conspicuous one at
the base of the caudal fin. Color when
alive is dark to pale greenish, very
pale below, and back dusky to olive.
Head has longitudinal stripes ventrally.
Posterior margin of opercle has a dark
spot. Iris is golden reddish in color. It
grows up to 25 cm and is a very hardy
fish, due to the presence of an accessory
respiratory organ. Rosette-like structures are found very close to the pectoral fin (Froese and Pauly, 2012).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/100 g WW)
Moisture Protein Fat Ash CHO a Energy b
Native fish
70.26
18.05 8.64 1.30 1.74
156.92
Hybrid fish
65.82
20.22 11.28 0.98 1.59
189.16
a Carbohydrate.
b kcal.
Minerals (mg/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Zn
1.07
0.57
Na
125.44
85.13
Ca
367.80
310.16
K
161.26
129.35
Fe
2.10
1.91
Cu
0.47
0.32
Mg
26.32
18.84
Al
5.95
3.29
Essential Amino Acids (g/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Lysine
2.57
2.40
Leucine
0.08
0.11
Isoleucine
0.52
0.58
Valine
0.12
0.11
Methionine
0.17
0.21
Threonine
0.22
0.27
Histidine
0.99
1.12
Nonessential Amino Acids (g/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Aspartic acid
0.58
0.64
Serine
0.74
0.86
Glutamic acid
0.39
0.42
Glycine
2.16
2.70
Alanine
0.84
0.82
Tyrosine
0.19
0.26
Arginine
1.48
1.68
Source: Data from Monalisa et al. (2013).
174
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anabantidae
Common name: Climbing perch.
Distribution: Asia: India to Wallace
line, including China (Froese and
Pauly, 2012).
Habitat: Rivers and pond waters.
Description: Body of this species is
covered by cycloid scales. Lateral line
sense organ is identified by the black
spots, and there is a conspicuous one at
the base of the caudal fin. Color when
alive is dark to pale greenish, very
pale below, and back dusky to olive.
Head has longitudinal stripes ventrally.
Posterior margin of opercle has a dark
spot. Iris is golden reddish in color. It
grows up to 25 cm and is a very hardy
fish, due to the presence of an accessory
respiratory organ. Rosette-like structures are found very close to the pectoral fin (Froese and Pauly, 2012).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/100 g WW)
Moisture Protein Fat Ash CHO a Energy b
Native fish
70.26
18.05 8.64 1.30 1.74
156.92
Hybrid fish
65.82
20.22 11.28 0.98 1.59
189.16
a Carbohydrate.
b kcal.
Minerals (mg/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Zn
1.07
0.57
Na
125.44
85.13
Ca
367.80
310.16
K
161.26
129.35
Fe
2.10
1.91
Cu
0.47
0.32
Mg
26.32
18.84
Al
5.95
3.29
Essential Amino Acids (g/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Lysine
2.57
2.40
Leucine
0.08
0.11
Isoleucine
0.52
0.58
Valine
0.12
0.11
Methionine
0.17
0.21
Threonine
0.22
0.27
Histidine
0.99
1.12
Nonessential Amino Acids (g/100 g WW)
Native Fish Hybrid Fish
Aspartic acid
0.58
0.64
Serine
0.74
0.86
Glutamic acid
0.39
0.42
Glycine
2.16
2.70
Alanine
0.84
0.82
Tyrosine
0.19
0.26
Arginine
1.48
1.68
Source: Data from Monalisa et al. (2013).