Table 2 Fatty acid composition (mean ± SD) in livers of two species of genus Abudefduf collected in the Bidong Island, Malaysian South China Sea
Fatty acids | A. bengalensis | A. bengalensis | A. sexfasciatus |
|---|---|---|---|
small (n = 36) | large (n = 5) | (n = 5) | |
SAFA | |||
C14:0 | 9.1 ± 0.7 | 6.0 ± 1.8 | 4.7 ± 0.9 |
C16:0 | 48.9 ± 5.3 | 62.4 ± 9.0 | 43.4 ± 8.3 |
C18:0 | 8.2 ± 7.6 | 5.6 ± 3.4 | 1.3 ± 1.7 |
C20:0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.2 |
∑SAFA | 66.7 ± 2.8 | 74.2 ± 7.8 | 49.5 ± 6.7 |
MUFA | |||
C16:1 | 8.6 ± 4.2 | 2.1 ± 1.7 | 8.7 ± 2.5 |
C17:1 | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 0.6 ± 0.2 |
C18:1ω9c | 8.1 ± 1.7 | 11.6 ± 8.6 | 30.3 ± 6.5 |
C18:1ω9t | 10.1 ± 2.4 | 6.0 ± 6.5 | 7.0 ± 3.0 |
C20:1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 0.9 ± 1.2 |
∑MUFA | 27.3 ± 6.3 | 21.4 ± 8.0 | 47.4 ± 7.0 |
PUFA | |||
C18:3n3 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.2 |
C18:3n6 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 0.4 ± 0.2 |
C20:3n3 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
C20:5n3 (EPA) | 1.6 ± 0.9 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 0.5 ± 0.2 |
C22:6n3 (DHA) | 1.4 ± 2.2 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.7 |
∑PUFA | 6.0 ± 3.5 | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 3.1 ± 0.8 |
Total concentration (μg/mg) | 143 ± 56.9 | 169 ± 112 | 273 ± 124 |