Fish Species |
| Heavy metals in fish muscles (μg/g dry. wt.) |
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Site | Cu | Zn | Cr | Cd | Reference | |
Acanthopagurus bifaclatus | Red Sea | 0.51 | 4.34 | 0.72 | 0.26 | [25] |
Ctenochaetus striatus | Gulf of Aqaba,Red Sea | 0.87 | 21.38 | 1.36 | 0.83 | [26] |
Lethrinus sp. | Red Sea | 0.40 | 8.00 | 0.34 | 0.45 | [27] |
Scomberomrus commerson | Yemen, Gulf Aden | 1.30 | 8.00 | 0.90 | 0.39 | [28] |
Boops boops | Black Sea | 3.08 | 6.81 | 0.22 | 0.10 | [29] |
Thunnus thynnus | Mediterranean Sea | 1.01 | 16.54 | 0.74 | 0.05 | [30] |
Nemipterus japonicas | Hurghada, Red Sea | 0.28 | 2.13 | 0.82 | 0.02 | [31] |
Caranxsex faciatus | Jeddah coast, Red Sea | 0.91 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 0.90 | [32] |