Table 3 Trace metal concentrations (mg kg⁻¹ dry wt) in marine fishes Sphoeroides spp. and other regions in the world.

Sphoeroides spp.^†

5.06

80.52

6.13

8.06

1.45

189.55

18.42

Apocryptes bato^a

46.98

151.17

–

–

–

101.38

0.65

Arius arius^f

6.51

112.3

3.65

–

0.02

43.53

0.14

Arius maculetus^f

1.75

107.3

2.24

–

0.49

55.3

0.26

Carangodiae sp.^f

5.8

91.5

1.7

–

0.42

52.9

0.12

Carcharhinus leucas^e

13.3

–

0.4

4.1

0.6

71.0

2.4

Coilia dussumieri^f

2.24

105.8

7.75

–

0.5

38.81

-

Coilia dussumieri^f

5.59

207.2

3.87

–

0.14

54.83

0.17

Cynoglossus senegalensis^c

–

–

314

16.6

0.4

113

–

Dentrophysa russelli^f

1.65

78.05

2.12

–

0.08

38.69

0.13

Harpadon nehereus^a

35.4

148.82

–

–

–

106.72

0.2

Johnius elongatus^f

2.15

240.5

4.47

–

0.57

41.45

0.22

Johnius macropterus^f

0.87

74.93

2.39

–

0.04

20.3

0.11

Lates calcarifer^a

31.44

135.58

–

–

–

103.72

0.44

Liza macrojepis^f

1.62

68.93

1.6

–

0.02

26.21

0.04

Lutjanus johni^f

1.88

62.31

2.08

–

0.07

25.55

–

Mystus gulio^a

46.57

150.81

–

–

–

129.33

0.65

Otolithes ruber^e

12.4

–

1.55

–

0.3

16.9

1.6

Otolothoides pama^a

30.29

177.46

–

–

–

107.22

0.38

Pegusa lascaris^b

0.16

–

–

–

0.005

0.2

0.11

Plotosus limbatcus^f

1.27

51.58

1.48

–

0.08

14.38

0.09

Polynemus paradiseus^a

33.95

188.15

–

–

–

101.38

0.48

Polynemus tetraductylus^f

1.84

32.11

1.17

–

0.47

31.2

0.01

Psettodes erumei^e

9.9

–

3.6

–

0.4

36.6

2.6

Sardine longiceps^d

3.61

18.71

0.38

–

0.27

15.87

0.24

Scatophagus argus

2.41

84.99

4.99

–

0.11

34.53

0.13

Scomberomorus lineolatus^e

8.50

–

0.70

1.20

0.20

20.2

1.70

Sparus aurata^b

0.13

–

–

–

0.002

0.2

0.05

Synaptura commersonnii^d

4.59

78.48

3.48

–

0.47

26.27

0.89

Tautoga onitis^b

0.296

0.002

3

0.007

Tetraden sp.^f

2.4

101.2

1.96

–

0.11

30.34

–

Therapon jarbua^f

2.54

70.63

2.9

–

0.04

57.72

0.14

Thryssa mystax^f

1.55

53.87

5.65

–

0.03

60.75

0.16

Thryssa hamiltonii^f

1.98

69.26

7.27

–

0.08

53.11

0.02

Trachurus mediterraneus^b

0.23

––

–

–

0.03

0.3

0.05

Trichiurus lepturus^f

2.11

141

6.34

–

0.12

42.34

0.04

Trichiurus lepturus^e

9.0

–

3.4

–

0.51

25.3

0.6

Trypauchen sp.^f

1.16

40.74

1.4

–

0.1

12.77

0.24