Table 3.
Meal frequency of fish consumption of Saudis and expatriates by fish species. SD = standard deviation.
| Species | Local Name |
SAUDIS | EXPATS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Frequency, meals/wk | % | Frequency, meals/wk | ||||||||
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | ||||
| Cephalopholis / Epinephelus spp. | Hamour* | 72.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.25 | 7 | 60.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.25 | 7 |
| Plectropomus pessuliferus | Najil | 58.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.04 | 5 | 34.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.25 | 7 |
| Hipposcarus spp. | Harid | 37.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.25 | 11 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.25 | 3 |
| Lethrinus spp. | Shaoor, Krseit | 28.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 7 | 31.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.25 | 7 |
| Siganus rivulatus | Sijan, Safi | 16.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 7 | 12.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.25 | 6 |
| Penaeus semisulcatus | Shrimp | 10.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 3 | 13.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 7 |
| Carangoides bajad | Bayad | 6.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.13 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 3 |
| Scomberomorus commerson | Derak, Kanaad | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 3 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 7 |
| Variola louti | Louti, Shrefi | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Mugil cephalus | Arabi, Bori | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.25 | 4 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.25 | 3 |
| Aphareus rutilans | Faris | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Plectropomus areolatus | Tarathi | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Oreochromis niloticus | Bolti, Tilapia | 0.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 4 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.25 | 2.5 |
| Portunus pelagicus | Kub kub, Abu magas | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.25 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.75 | 2 |
| Lutjanus bohar | Bohar | 0.1 | – | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Chanos chanos | Salmani | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Others (20 species combined) | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 25 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 7 | |
*
Collective term for grouper species of the genera Epinephelus and Cephalopholis. Frequencies given in monthly rate were converted to weekly basis by assuming 1 month = 4 weeks. % indicates the proportion of group that eat the fish species.