Table 11.2. Comparison of major or important fatty acids (w/w%)
of food fish from different parts of the world with particular reference to fish
from the wild and their farmed counterparts.a
Salmon, Atlantich
Milkfish'
Red sea breamd
American eel'
Ayul
Tilapiag
Salmo salar
Chanos chanos
Pagrus major
Anguilla roslrala
Plecoglossus allivelis
Tilapia sp.
Fatty acid
Wild
Farmed
Brackish
Fresh water
Retail
Wild
Farmed
Wild
Farmed
Wild
14:0
2.4
4.9
5.9
4.3
2.0
3.3
2.8
5.0
4.4
5.2
16:0
11.2
13.0
14.0
8.9
17.6
15.5
22.3
26.4
30.0
30.2
18:0
3.8
2.8
5.5
16.5
7.8
4.5
5.3
2.9
3.4
5.6
I Saturated
17.4
21.9
23.4
29.7
27.4
23.3
30.4
37.0
39.1
40.9
16:1
4.5
6.7
1.6
15.8
8.6
10.5
13.2
18.6
10.0
15.6
18:1
24.0
10.0
10.2
13.0
20.9
27.3
21.5
11.6
20.6
16.5
20:1
4.0
12.0
5.8
1.9
1.6
2.2
2.7
_h
4.9
4.7
22:1
5.0
(12.0)
6.1
1.3
0.9
2.8
I Monoenoic
37.4
40.7
23.6
32.0
32.0
40.0
37.4
31.2
38.3
36.2
18:2006
3.1
6.7
1.1
2.5
2.1
8.9
0.7
5.6
7.4
2.6
20:4<06
4.7
(0.8)
2.6
4.4
2.2
0.9
tr'
1.3
18:3003
5.2
1.1
3.8
7.9
2.6
0.2
10.4
0.9
0.3
18:4003
1.5
1.8
4.2
1.8
2.3
20:5003
5.7
6.9
3.0
0.1
4.3
2.9
6.1
4.1
4.8
1.0
22:5003
4.5
tr
3.5
2.7
2.4
1.5
1.7
3.2
22:6003
19.8
14.6
0.4
2.2
17.8
5.4
15.0
1.8
7.0
3.4
I Polyenoic
45.2
31.9
12.6
14.4
30.3
30.0
28.6
31.8
22.6
14.7
Percent lipid
6.3
10.9
4.5
4.9
2.8
3.4
14.7
10.7
3.1
4.6
"From Ackman, 1995, with permission.
hMarine (Exler, 1987). Figures in parentheses adjusted from original report where 22: 1 was included in 20:4n-6.
'Bautista et aI., 1991.
dMarine (Ohtsuru et aI., 1984).
'Otwell and Rickards, 1981.
fMuscie
triacylglycerol only (Nakagawa et aI., 1991).
gFresh water (Steiner-Asiedu et aI., 1991).
h
- , Not reported.
itf,
Trace.