Table 1.
EPA and DHA content of marine fishes.
| Species | Omega-3 (g/kg of fish) | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA | DHA | Sum | ||
| Sardine (Sardinops sagax) | 6.6 | 19.0 | 25.6 | [65] |
| Herring (Clupea harengus) | 8.5 | 8.3 | 16.8 | [65] |
| Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) | 6.2 | 5.8 | 12.0 | [66] |
| Surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus) | 3.6 | 5.7 | 9.3 | [65] |
| Capelin (Mallotus villosus) | 3.6 | 4.6 | 8.2 | [65] |
| Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) | 1.6 | 5.8 | 7.4 | [67] |
| Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) cultured | 2.3 | 4.0 | 6.3 | [68] |
| Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | [69] |
| Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | [70] |
| Cod (Gadus morhua) | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | [71] |
| Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) wild | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | [68] |
| Greater weever (Trachinus draco) | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | [68] |
| Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | [68] |