S.No Family Species Mineral contents (mg/100g)
Calcium Iron Phosphorus
1 Clupeidae Dussumieria acuta 879.97 ± 2.00 14.18 ± 0.08 124.35 ± 3.43
Ilisha melanostoma 846.20 ± 1.50 2.06 ± 0.06 413.91 ± 2.00
Pellona ditchela 890.38 ± 7.00 2.96 ± 0.00 226.19 ± 1.01
Sardinella longiceps 1026.85 ± 1.10 4.31 ± 0.28 352.6 ± 2.60
Sardinella fimbriata 164.29 ± 1.80 2.25 ± 0.10 346.83 ± 3.80
2 Carangidae Selaroides leptolepis 859.24 ± 1.50 1.89 ± 0.06 66.1 ± 1.80
3 Chirocentridae Chirocentrus dorab 915.21 ± 2.00 11.50 ± 0.21 64.07 ± 0.94
4 Engraulidae Stolephorus commersonii 715.48 ± 2.20 2.80 ± 0.10 34.07 ± 0.25
Stolephorous devisi 727.03 ± 2.10 0.57 ± 0.02 15.52 ± 0.10
5 Labridae Thalassoma fuscum 155.47 ± 2.00 0.18 ± 0.01 294.36 ± 0.86
6 Leiognathidae Leiognathus dussumieri 90.41 ± 1.80 2.66 ± 0.11 190.27 ± 0.27
Gazza achlamys 200.08 ± 0.90 3.95 ± 0.13 182.20 ± 1.83
7 Lethrinidae Lethrinus lensus 583.89 ± 1.70 7.94 ± 0.37 250.06 ± 1.55
8 Lutjanidae Lutjanus quinquelineatus 721.10 ± 00.79 18.69 ± 0.38 214.66 ± 0.79
Lutjanus lutjanus 1135.05 ± 0.70 2.95 ± 0.18 305.25 ± 2.65
Lutjanus decussatus 1887.10 ± 5.05 3.08 ± 0.12 204.70 ± 2.06
9 Nemipteridae Nemipterus bleekeri 64.24 ± 2.40 4.11 ± 0.15 203.43 ± 0.45
Nemipterus japonicus 0798.63 ± 1.40 0.16 ± 0.06 255.16 ± 1.89
Scolopsis bimaculatus 1175.00 ± 1.80 0.42 ± 0.03 266.54 ± 1.33
10 Scombridae Rastrelliger kanagurtar 1170.89 ± 0.89 2.33 ± 0.08 86.91 ± 2.47
11 Serranidae Epinephelus areolatus 1452.41 ± 02.00 28.46 ± 0.73 326.96 ± 1.11
12 Sphyraenidae Sphyraena obtusata 177.18 ± 1.80 0.24 ± 0.005 326.16 ± 1.16
13 Synodontidae Saurida tumbil 475.26 ± 1.40 0.05 ± 0.02 321.48 ± 1.49
1Values are shown as mean ± standard error of triplicates.
Table 3: Major mineral composition of fishes caught in Tuticorin coast1.