Table 2.

The descriptive analysis of the targeted heavy metals

Fish species	Mn	Cu	Zn	Cd	Pb
Trachurus trachurus	0.016 ± 0.002	0.058 ± 0.052	0.017 ± 0.006	0.008 ± 0.001	0.085 ± 0.010
Lutjanus fulgens	0.025 ± 0.004	0.156 ± 0.046	0.017 ± 0.005	0.015 ± 0.009	0.060 ± 0.007
Lutjanus goreensis	0.020 ± 0.005	0.093 ± 0.051	0.018 ± 0.006	0.012 ± 0.002	0.077 ± 0.014
Acanthocybium solandri	0.024 ± 0.003	0.118 ± 0.043	0.019 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.001	0.054 ± 0.042
Pagellus bellottii	0.028 ± 0.019	0.076 ± 0.032	0.015 ± 0.003	0.015 ± 0.010	0.074 ± 0.019
Scomber colias	0.015 ± 0.002	0.020 ± 0.012	0.022 ± 0.005	0.010 ± 0.003	0.069 ± 0.029
Dentex congoensis	0.024 ± 0.007	0.083 ± 0.020	0.016 ± 0.003	0.019 ± 0.008	0.071 ± 0.017
Shapiro–Wilk Test	0.451	0.99	0.567	0.755	0.949
Skewness	− 0.38	0.162	1.072	0.304	− 0.273
Kurtosis	− 1.335	0.549	1.463	− 0.954	− 0.246
Coefficient of variation (%)	22.40	50.12	12.94	35.04	14.84