Proximate Analysis Of Some Ray Species Caught By Trawling In Mediterrenean Gulf Of Antalya (Turkey)
Hemijski sastav nekih vrsta raža ulovljenih kočarenjem u mediteranskom zalivu Antalija (Turska)
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Unlusayin, Mustafa
Gumus, Bahar
Erdilal, Ruhan
Keywords
Rajidaeproximate analysis
trawl
Gulf of Antalya
protein
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The objective of this study is to determine the proximate analysis of some ray species caught by trawling in the Gulf of Antalya. Proximate analyses revealed non significant (P>0.05), differences in moisture among brown ray, thornback ray, common stingray and spiny butterfly ray. Of all the species analyses spiny butterfly ray had the highest protein content (22.46±2.18%). Common stingray and spiny butterfly ray had significantly different (P<0.05) levels of lipids compared to the others. Common stingray also had the highest ash content (2.96±0.02%) compared to the others. Therefore, it was concluded that discard fish species such as brown ray, thornback ray, common stingray and spiny butterfly ray would be use as a source of protein for human diet.