Table 3.

Total aerobic count (log cfu/g) of analyzed fish (n = 50 each).

Sample	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SE	Accepted samples
				NFSA∗	No.	%
O. niloticus	5.39	5.72	5.62 ± 0.39a	<106 cfu/g	100	100
L. niloticus	4.83	5.61	4.32 ± 0.3c		100	100
S. lucioperca	3.62	5.70	4.23 ± 1 × 0.33c		100	100
C. gariepinus	3.67	5.26	5.08 ± 0.36b		100	100
M. kannume	4.92	6.08	5.73 ± 0.24a		100	100

^∗Egyptian National Food Safety Authority [33] for fresh fish. p ≤ 0.04210 is considered a significant difference. The mean values with the same letters in each column do not show a significant difference.