Cadmium, Copper, Lead, and Zinc Contents of Fish Marketed in NW Mexico

Table 3

Comparison of the metal contents (µg g⁻¹, dry weight) of the muscle of Mugil cephalus and Diapterus spp. determined in samples collected in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.

Zone	Species	Cd	Cu	Pb	Zn
Altata lagoon [5]	M. cephalus	0.6	6.3	—	—
Altata lagoon [6]	M. cephalus	0.3±0.3		1±0.3	18.4±0.9
Coastal zone [7]	M. cephalus	0.04–0.47	1.18–1.24	0.81–2.4
Urías lagoon [4]	M. cephalus	0.27–0.33	1.18–1.57	2.07–3.05	9.6–11.7
Fish markets*	M. cephalus	0.36±0.01	2.40±0.10	0.11±0.09	19.7 ± 12.7
SE Sinaloa [4]	Diapterus spp.	0.25–0.33	0.21–1.86	0.89–4.91	8.41–15.3
Fish markets^*/	Diapterus spp.	0.28±0.27	0.22±0.12	0.04±0.05	22.5±9.5

∗This study.