Table 1.
Fatty acid composition (mean ± SD) in livers of five species of coral fishes collected in the Bidong Island, Malaysian South China Sea
| Fatty acids | Thalassoma lunare | Lutjanus lutjanus | Abudefduf bengalensis | Scarus rivulatus | Scolopsis affinis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 6) | (n = 6) | (n = 5) | (n = 5) | (n = 3) | |
| SAFA | |||||
| C14:0 | 14.3 ± 3.8 | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 6.0 ± 1.8 | 10.5 ± 2.0 | 3.1 ± 0.7 |
| C16:0 | 44.6 ± 12.4 | 48.6 ± 8.2 | 62.4 ± 9.0 | 43.4 ± 3.3 | 54.0 ± 3.2 |
| C18:0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 7.4 ± 4.9 | 5.6 ± 3.4 | 5.8 ± 1.6 | 0.02 ± 0.03 |
| C20:0 | 0.04 ± 0.06 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 0.1 ± 0.1 |
| ∑SAFA | 58.9 ± 10.4 | 60.8 ± 9.2 | 74.2 ± 7.8 | 60.1 ± 3.3 | 57.2 ± 3.6 |
| MUFA | |||||
| C16:1 | 6.4 ± 2.5 | 9.6 ± 2.6 | 2.1 ± 1.7 | 18.8 ± 3.8 | 6.9 ± 1.3 |
| C17:1 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 2.2 ± 0.8 |
| C18:1ω9c | 11.8 ± 6.6 | 15.1 ± 6.4 | 11.6 ± 8.6 | 5.0 ± 0.9 | 18.3 ± 10.7 |
| C18:1ω9t | 16.0 ± 9.2 | 9.5 ± 6.0 | 6.0 ± 6.5 | 0.4 ± 0.9 | 11.3 ± 6.9 |
| C20:1 | 1.8 ± 1.4 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.2 |
| ∑MUFA | 36.9 ± 9.2 | 36.4 ± 9.4 | 21.4 ± 8.0 | 25.7 ± 2.8 | 39.0 ± 3.7 |
| PUFA | |||||
| C18:3n3 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 1.2 ± 0.4 |
| C18:3n6 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.08 ± 0.09 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 0.3 ± 0.2 |
| C20:3n3 | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 0.01 ± 0.03 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 4.1 ± 1.0 | 0.5 ± 0.7 |
| C20:5n3 (EPA) | 1.4 ± 1.7 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 4.8 ± 2.4 | 1.0 ± 0.6 |
| C22:6n3 (DHA) | 0.6 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.8 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 0.8 ± 0.8 |
| ∑PUFA | 4.3 ± 2.8 | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 14.1 ± 5.2 | 3.8 ± 1.6 |