Minerals Fish species	Fe	Ca	K	Na	Mg
Grey mullet Liza ramada	55.70 ± 11.84^a	179.51 ± 19.01^c	107.94 ± 6.97^a	45.39 ± 2.96^ab	33.89 ± 2.09^ab
Sabaki Tilapia Oreochromis spilurus	23.74 ± 2.54^bcde	134.16 ± 9.00^cd	105.19 ± 0.74^ab	45.10 ± 0.87^ab	33.38 ± 0.58^ab
Indian oil sardine Sardinella longiceps	67.18 ± 4.04^a	785.18 ± 23.48^a	103.60 ± 1.58^ab	42.71 ± 0.65^ab	32.45 ± 0.45^ab
Golden thread fin bream Nemipterus japonicus	30.09 ± 3.92^bc	457.59 ± 84.71^b	107.97 ± 2.39^a	44.68 ± 1.23^ab	33.84 ± 0.89^ab
Gilt head bream Sparus aurata	28.96 ± 1.03^bcd	152.38 ± 20.09^cd	110.61 ± 1.20^a	46.58 ± 0.14^a	34.36 ± 0.27^a
Asian seabass Lates calcarifer	16.99 ± 1.72^cde	126.02 ± 23.93^cd	100.90 ± 3.31^ab	42.47 ± 1.60^ab	31.68 ± 1.17^ab
Job fish Apharus rutilanus	36.22 ± 10.68^b	128.73 ± 9.90^cd	96.31 ± 1.01^ab	41.35 ± 0.60^ab	30.74 ± 0.29^ab
Spangled emperor Lethrinus nebuloses	14.81 ± 1.13^cde	163.57 ± 24.35^cd	100.31 ± 6.47^ab	43.38 ± 2.25^ab	32.19 ± 1.50^ab
Dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus	15.63 ± 3.31^cde	105.87 ± 6.22^cd	98.55 ± 5.49^ab	43.35 ± 3.02^ab	32.50 ± 1.83^ab
Rusty parrot fish Scarus ferrugineus	10.55 ± 0.92^e	74.02 ± 16.62^e	90.37 ± 17.93^ab	38.98 ± 7.77^ab	29.10 ± 5.65^ab
Half spotted grouper Cephalopholis hemistiktos	11.79 ± 1.73^de	129.87 ± 21.12^cd	83.54 ± 10.13^b	34.92 ± 4.27^b	26.37 ± 3.35^b
FAO concentration range in fish muscles (FAO/WHO, 2001^a) [18]	10 - 56	190 - 8810	190 - 5020	300 - 1340	45 - 4520
F value	11.99	46.94	1.27	1.12	1.11