Proximate Composition, Cholesterol and $\alpha$-Tocopherol Content in 72 Species of Korean Fish

Proximate composition, cholesterol (CHOL) and () content of seventy-two species of fish muscle (sea water fish, 59 species; fresh water fish, 13 species), which caught off Tongyeong coast of the Southern Sea ( Nam-Hae) and caught Kyeongho river, Sancheong, Korea, were determined. Lipid content was ranked from to and was high in the following order; mid-surface dwelling and migratory fish () > fresh water fish () > coastal and reep dwelling fish () > demersal fish (). There was a negative correlation between the lipid and moisture content in all fish groups (p in all fish group, and no correlation was between the protein and moisture content in all but the demersal fish, which there was a negative correlation between both contents. Ash content was almost constant in all fish, accounting for , Cholesterol (CHOL) content was shown a great difference according to the fish species from 6.7 mg/100 g muscle (grass fish) to 249 mg/100 g (eel) and there was a positive correlation between the lipid and CHOL content. content was less than 3 mg/100 g muscle in all fish, except that of eel (4.1 mg/100 g) and was relatively rich in the fish species contained a large amount of lipid.