Quantitative Determination of Fatty Acids in Marine Fish and Shellfish from Warm Water of Straits of Malacca for Nutraceutical Purposes

Table 1

List of samples with narrow range of weight, length, and fat content.

Category	Common name	Local name	Scientific name	Habitat	Range of; weight (g)	Range of; length (cm)	Fat content (%)
Lean fish (<2% fat)	Hardtail scad	Cencaru	Megalapsis cordyla	Pelagic	100–250	21–28	1.53±0.15^a
	Golden snapper	Jenahak	Lutjanu sjohnii	Demersal	490–510	30–35	1.29±0.41^a
	Indian mackerel	Kembung	Rastrelliger kanagurta	Pelagic	50–100	14–20	1.80±0.62^a
	Indian threadfin	Kurau	Polynemus indicus	Demersal	350–1450	36–59	0.85±0.21^a
	Malabar red snapper	Merah	Lutjanus argentimeculatus	Demersal	580–760	28–37	1.37±1.10^a
	Dorab wolfherring	Parang	Chirocentrus dorab	Pelagic	200–900	40–71	1.22±0.22^a
	Long-tailed butterfly ray	Pari	Gymnura spp.	Demersal	1300–1700	32–36	0.93±0.12^a
	Large-scale tongue sole	Sebelah/Lidah	Cynoglossusarel	Demersal	50–100	24–32	0.70±0.10^a
	Spanish mackerel	Tenggiri papan	Scromberomorus guttatus	Pelagic	200–450	30–42	1.05±0.06^a
Low fat fish (2–4% fat)	Black pomfret	Bawal hitam	Parastromateus niger	Pelagic	780–1040	33–42	2.33±0.11^a
	Silver pomfret	Bawal putih	Pampus argentus	Pelagic	100–200	15–25	2.09±0.93^a
	Sixbar grouper	Kerapu	Epinephelus fasciatus	Demersal	480–750	33–36	3.46±3.46^ab
	Japanese threadfin bream	Kerisi	Nemipterus japonicus	Demersal	100–230	18–25	2.70±0.37^ab
	Yellowstripe scad	Selar kuning	Selaroides leptolepis	Pelagic	50–100	16–20	2.12±0.50^a
	Gray eel-catfish	Sembilang	Plotosus spp.	Demersal	350–600	40–50	3.04±0.59^ab
	Fourfinger threadfin	Senangin	Eleutheronema tetradactylum	Pelagic	150–300	27–32	2.10±0.25^a
	Giant seaperch	Siakap	Lates calcarifer	Demersal	700–1000	38–42	2.68±0.79^ab
	Fringescale sardinella	Tamban	Clupea fimbriata	Pelagic	20–40	13–17	3.00±2.40^ab
Medium fat fish (4–8% fat)	Moonfish	Nyior-nyior	Trachinotus blochii	Demersal	400–1400	31–47	6.89±2.76^b
High fat fish (>8% fat)	Longtail shad	Terubuk	Hilsa macrura	Pelagic	928	40–45	23.15±0.00^c
Shellfish	Cuttlefish	Sotong	Sepia officinalis	—	20–45	12–18	1.35±0.28^a
	Prawn	Udang putih	Metapenaeus affinis	—	10–20	12–17	1.06±0.10^a
	Cockles	Kerang	Anadara granosa	—	10–20	2–5	1.93±1.28^a
	Oyster	Tiram	Ostrea spp.	—	100–300	14–48	1.24±0.00^a

¹Categories of fish samples were based on the fat content [5].
²Different superscript lowercase letters (^a–c) in the same column show significant differences at 𝑃<0.05 (Tukey post-hoc test) [5].