DHA and EPA Content and Fatty Acid Profile of 39 Food Fishes from India

Table 1

Proximate composition of thirty-nine important food fishes from India.

Species	Habitat	Moisture (% ww)	Crude protein (% ww)	Crude fat (% ww)	Ash (% ww)
Ailia coila	Freshwater (captured)
Amblypharyngodon mola	Freshwater (captured)
Anabas testudineus	Freshwater (captured)
Catla catla	Freshwater (aquacultured)
Cirrhinus mrigala	Freshwater (aquacultured)
Clarias batrachus	Freshwater (captured)
Crassostrea madrasensis	Marine water (captured)
Cyprinus carpio	Cold water (captured)
Epinephelus spp.	Marine water (captured)
Etroplus suratensis	Brackish water (captured)
Euthynnus affinis	Marine water (captured)
Fenneropenaeus indicus	Brackish water (captured)
Gudusia chapra	Freshwater (captured)
Harpadon nehereus	Marine water (captured)
Heteropneustes fossilis	Freshwater (captured)
Katsuwonus pelamis	Marine water (captured)
Labeo rohita	Freshwater (aquacultured)
Lates calcarifer	Brackish water (captured)
Leiognathus splendens	Marine water (captured)
Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Marine water (captured)
Mugil cephalus	Brackish water (captured)
Nemipterus japonicus	Marine water (captured)
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis	Cold water (captured)
Oncorhynchus mykiss	Cold water (captured)
Penaeus monodon	Brackish water (captured)
Perna viridis	Marine water (captured)
Puntius sophore	Freshwater (captured)
Rastrelliger kanagurta	Marine water (captured)
Rita rita	Freshwater (captured)
Sardinella longiceps	Marine water (captured)
Schizothorax richardsonii	Cold water (captured)
Sperata seenghala	Freshwater (captured)
Stolephorus commersonii	Marine water (captured)
Stolephorus waitei	Marine water (captured)
Tenualosa ilisha	Freshwater (captured)
Thunnus albacares	Marine water (captured)
Tor putitora	Cold water (captured)
Trichiurus lepturus	Marine water (captured)
Xenentodon cancila	Freshwater (captured)

Data previously published by Mohanty et al. [28].
Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation.