Table 1 Total fat, n -3 and n -6 PUFA contents of different fish species

Alaska pollock¹ (n=17)

3.71 ± 3.71

22.8 ± 19.0

0.22 ± 0.10

25.0 ± 19.4

0.29 ± 0.10

28.6 ± 21.6

1.64 ± 1.96

Anchovies² (n=1)

6.21

11.1

0.66

15.8

0.93

39.2

2.31

Black halibut, smoked (n=1)

20.4

9.39

1.82

13.0

2.52

2.06

0.40

Butterfish, smoked (n=1)

23.7

3.61

0.81

5.46

1.23

3.33

0.75

Catfish, canned fish (n=1)

2.29

0.86

0.02

4.62

0.10

15.8

0.34

Cod fillet (n=3)

0.56 ± 0.14

48.8 ± 3.44

0.26 ± 0.08

51.2 ± 3.69

0.28 ± 0.08

4.34 ± 2.21

0.02 ± 0.02

Cod liver (n=1)

40.4

18.1

6.94

22.0

8.45

2.51

0.96

Cod, smoked (n=1)

3.39

14.6

0.47

16.5

0.53

3.37

0.11

Eel, smoked (n=1)

34.9

5.01

1.66

6.78

2.25

3.39

1.12

Fried calamari³ (n=2)

9.45 ± 1.83

2.32 ± 0.58

0.20 ± 0.01

5.57 ± 3.77

0.53 ± 0.44

39.4 ± 30.5

3.27 ± 2.05

Herring (n=9)

12.7 ± 3.09

12.0 ± 2.10

1.45 ± 0.42

16.1 ± 2.69

1.95 ± 0.60

2.58 ± 0.41

0.31 ± 0.10

Iridescent shark (n=10)

1.54 ± 0.49

1.66 ± 0.45

0.02 ± 0.01

2.96 ± 0.61

0.04 ± 0.02

12.2 ± 2.16

0.18 ± 0.06

Louisiana-crayfish (n=1)

0.85

14.2

0.11

22.8

0.19

18.0

0.15

Mackerel (n=3)

20.6 ± 7.57

15.8 ± 0.99

3.08 ± 1.08

23.8 ± 1.48

4.64 ± 1.65

2.94 ± 0.25

0.59 ± 0.26

Monkfish (n=1)

0.39

33.7

0.12

36.0

0.13

8.25

0.03

New Zealand hake (n=1)

1.55

16.4

0.24

19.9

0.29

3.01

0.04

Plaice (n=1)

1.64

24.6

0.38

33.9

0.53

3.55

0.06

Pollock (n=10)

0.99 ± 0.37

44.3 ± 5.63

0.41 ± 0.15

46.8 ± 5.65

0.43 ± 0.15

4.27 ± 2.37

0.04 ± 0.02

Prawn (n=4)

0.53 ± 0.19

20.0 ± 1.80

0.10 ± 0.04

22.6 ± 1.19

0.11 ± 0.04

17.1 ± 4.10

0.09 ± 0.04

Redfish, fillet (n=1)

1.49

21.5

0.30

23.5

0.33

3.05

0.04

Redfish, smoked (n=1)

8.27

15.6

1.23

19.3

1.52

2.86

0.22

Salmon; farmed (n=11)

12.3 ± 4.72

13.7 ± 3.92

1.53 ± 0.52

21.2 ± 4.03

2.40 ± 0.78

10.6 ± 6.23

1.32 ± 1.07

Salmon; wild (n=10)

2.07 ± 1.14

24.2 ± 7.99

0.44 ± 0.17

28.9 ± 8.97

0.53 ± 0.21

2.35 ± 0.43

0.05 ± 0.03

Sardine⁴ (n=2)

10.2 ± 1.81

12.0 ± 0.83

1.16 ± 0.13

14.5 ± 0.75

1.40 ± 0.18

23.8 ± 17.8

2.45 ± 2.13

Spined loach, fillet (n=1)

0.74

28.7

0.20

32.6

0.23

4.55

0.03

Spiny dogfish⁵ (n=2)

33.8 ± 1.95

18.8 ± 0.61

6.03 ± 0.54

23.1 ± 0.23

7.41 ± 0.50

5.94 ± 2.09

1.89 ± 0.56

Sprat, smoked (n=2)

17.9 ± 3.01

12.0 ± 0.22

2.03 ± 0.30

16.1 ± 1.32

2.75 ± 0.68

4.06 ± 2.77

0.73 ± 0.59

Tilapia (n=1)

1.63

3.99

0.06

7.89

0.12

18.6

0.29

Trout (n=10)

7.93 ± 3.79

16.6 ± 4.44

1.17 ± 0.48

21.9 ± 4.38

1.58 ± 0.69

12.2 ± 4.11

0.94 ± 0.60

Tuna (n=10)

2.28 ± 2.59

32.9 ± 5.18

0.72 ± 0.83

35.1 ± 4.84

0.78 ± 0.92

7.67 ± 1.70

0.14 ± 0.08

Victoria perch, fillet (n=1)

0.80

10.4

0.08

16.2

0.12

5.91

0.05

Whitefish, smoked (n=1)

4.12

18.7

0.73

27.6

1.08

7.72

0.30

Zander fillet (n=1)

0.50

31.4

0.15

36.6

0.17

13.2

0.06