Abstract
Proximate composition of meat and internal organs composition of freshwater fish Rita rita was measured in this study. Three variant weight scales including ≤350g (W1 ), 351-550g (W2 ) and 551-750g (W3 ) were selected. Among the weight groups, W1 revealed maximum values of percent moisture compared to the W2 and W3 . Fish of the W3 weight group showed higher levels of crude protein and lipid percentage compared with W1 and W2 . Highest ash (percentage) was measured in the gills of the weight group W3 as compared to W1 and W2 . Generally, total carbohydrates are determined by the difference of the entire proximate body composition indices, and in this study, it was found that the liver contains maximum carbohydrates (percentage) relative to other sections of the body examined. Weight group W3 was found to have higher nutrients significantly (p
Syed Muhammad Aun Naqvi, Sara Tahir, Tanveer Ahmed, Huma Naz, Amara Gilani, Atif Liaqa. (2021) Relative Weight Relationship to Proximate Body Composition of Wild Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822), Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 36, Issue 1.
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