Main ref. | |
Country | |
Locality | Sofala shelf, August |
Remark |
This is a good table fish. Cooked or fried meat is white, soft and tasty. The soup is greenish and excellent in taste. Products canned in oil (prepared from steam blanched fish) have a good appearance and taste, the meat is cream colored and soft. Meat products canned in tomato sauce is soft and unpleasant to the taste. This fish could be used as a table fish for first and second course dishes. |
Weight proportions | |
Chemical composition |
Body parts |
Moisture % |
Protein % |
Fat % |
Ash % |
Whole fish |
- | - | - | - |
Meat/Fillet |
78 | 19 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
Liver |
- | - | - | - |
Roe |
- | - | - | - |
Viscera |
- | - | - | - |
Head/bone/fins |
- | - | - | - |
Waste/offal |
- | - | - | - |
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