Table 1.

Proximate composition (g·kg⁻¹ wet tissue) of eel skin and muscle ¹.

Chemical Constituent	Tissue
	Skin	Muscle
Water	677.0 ± 7.0	783.3 ± 3.5 *
Crude protein	271.6 ± 7.2	166.4 ± 1.8 *
Crude lipid	38.0 ± 0.9	28.6 ± 1.6 *
Ash	27.7 ± 2.1	9.9 ± 1.0 *

¹ Average values ± standard deviations of four (n = 4) replicates. Muscle values followed by an asterisk denote significant differences (p < 0.05) with skin values, according to the LSD test.