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Table 3.

Mineral content (mean ± SE) of different size groups of hilsa collected from Hooghly river system.

Mineral content	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Group VII
Calcium**(g%)	0.99^d ± 0.01	0.42^ab ± 0.01	0.54^bc ± 0.04	0.38^a ± 0.02	0.37^a ± 0.02	0.43^ab ± 0.04	0.6^c ± 0.06
Phosphorus**(g%)	0.65^e ± 0.02	0.42^cd ± 0.02	0.36^ab ± 0.01	0.34^ab ± 0.004	0.32^a ± 0.02	0.38^bc ± 0.02	0.47^d ± 0.02
Magnesium **(ppm)	394.4^e ± 2.90	296.85^d ± 1.95	281.1^c ± 2.40	247.95^b ± 1.05	229.25^a ± 0.75	231.7^a ± 0.40	284.1^c ± 2.30
Chromium **(ppm)	0.66^g ± 0.01	0.41^c ± 0.003	0.51^f ± 0.004	0.29^a ± 0.001	0.50^e ± 0.002	0.33^b ± 0.001	0.47^d ± 0.004
Manganese** (ppm)	6.87^g ± 0.05	3.58^e ± 0.02	3.06^c ± 0.03	3.82^f ± 0.02	1.75^a ± 0.01	2.05^b ± 0.004	3.27^d ± 0.03
Zinc**(ppm)	38.79^g ± 0.29	18.13^f ± 0.11	9.85^a ± 0.09	10.80^b± 0.04	14.29^d ± 0.05	12.71^c ± 0.02	15.64^e ± 0.13
Iron **(ppm)	62.38^g ± 0.45	20.78^c ± 0.14	18.96^b ± 0.17	18.00^a ± 0.07	38.28^e ± 0.13	46.43^f ± 0.02	26.94^d ± 0.22

**P < 0.01 Means followed by different superscripts, differ significantly from each other.