Evaluating Benefits and Risks of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Methyl Mercury from Fish and Seafood Consumption in Peninsular Malaysia

Table 2

Concentration of DHA and EPA from selected fish samples (mg/100 g fish samples) collected from the east and west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

No.	Species	Common name	DHA (mg/100 g)	EPA (mg/100 g)	DHA + EPA (mg/100 g)
Pelagic fish
1	Selaroides leptolepis	Yellow-stripe scad	870.28	231.45	1,101.73
2	Decapterus russelli	Slender scad	1,162.50	353.80	1,516.30
3	Megalaspis cordyla	Torpedo scad	827.60	182.25	1,009.85
4	Parastromateus niger	Black pomfret	642.95	159.10	802.05
5	Trachinotus blochii	Snub nose pompano	122.60	176.70	299.30
6	Pampus argenteus	Silver pomfret	492.70	207.60	700.30
7	Rastrelliger kanagurta	Indian mackerel	348.95	115.50	464.45
8	Scomberomorus guttatus	Indo-Pacific king mackerel	624.95	182.55	807.50
9	Thunnus tonggol	Long-tail tuna	760.20	246.30	1,006.50
10	Euthymus affinis	Kawakawa	886.40	228.30	1114.70
		Median	701.58	195.08	907.00
Demersal fish
11	Lutjanus argentimaculatus	Mangrove red snapper	209.90	24.10	234.00
12	Lutjanus johnii	Golden snapper	18.60	7.30	25.90
13	Lates calcarifer	Giant-sea perch	594.85	346.65	941.50
14	Gymnura poecilura	Long-tailed butterfly rays	9.00	2.70	11.70
15	Nemipterus japonicus	Japanese threadfin bream	723.75	292.10	1,015.85
16	Polynemus indicus	Indian threadfin	82.20	23.70	105.90
17	Eleutheronema tetradactylum	Four-finger threadfin	53.10	96.20	149.30
18	Epinephelus fasciatus	Red-banded grouper	924.90	216.10	1,141.00
19	Chirocentrus dorab	Wolf herring	54.30	23.90	78.20
20	Plotosus canius	Gray eel-catfish	88.80	145.80	234.60
21	Cynoglossus arel	Large-scale tongue sole	113.40	8.30	121.70
22	Clupea fimbriata	Fringe scale sardine	225.40	211.50	436.90
23	Hilsa macrura	Long-tail shad	168.70	2,041.80	2,210.50
		Median	113.40	96.20	234.00
Freshwater fish
24	Clarias batrachus	Walking catfish	ND	14.50	14.50
Cephalopod/crustacean/bivalve
25	Sepia officinalis	Common cuttlefish	472.85	159.05	631.90
26	Metapenaeus affinis	Greasy-back pink prawn	391.25	284.25	675.50
27	Liocarcinus vernalis	Shallow-water crab	749.70	517.10	1,266.80
28	Arca granosa	Blood cockle	156.80	298.00	454.80
		Median	432.05	291.13	653.70

DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid. Calculated by Nurnadia et al. [27] and Wan Rosli et al. [28].