Table 1
Proximate and amino acid compositions of the fish meals used to test diets

Fish meals

HM

AM

MM

SM-A

SM-B

TM

PM-A

PM-B

Proximate analysis (% in dry matter)

 Dry matter

93.3

92.2

92.4

91.3

94.0

92.0

93.7

93.1

 Crude protein

73.4

67.3

76.6

71.5

71.0

62.7

74.7

63.3

 Crude lipid

10.4

8.6

6.8

10.0

10.2

10.6

5.9

5.4

 Ash

16.6

19.7

16.7

16.0

14.6

20.1

15.7

26.4

 Gross energy (kcal/g)

4.9

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.3

4.7

3.9

Essential amino acids (% in protein)

 Arg

6.4

6.0

6.5

7.1

6.4

6.4

7.1

7.0

 His

2.8

2.0

4.5

2.5

3.0

3.3

2.5

2.5

 Ile

4.4

4.0

4.5

4.1

4.7

4.2

3.9

4.2

 Leu

8.0

6.6

7.9

7.8

8.3

7.6

8.0

8.0

 Lys

8.4

7.2

8.6

5.8

8.9

9.3

5.7

5.3

 Met + Cys

4.2

3.9

4.3

2.7

4.3

4.0

2.8

2.9

 Phe + Tyr

7.6

6.3

7.5

8.0

8.0

7.2

8.3

8.3

 Thr

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.2

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.3

 Val

5.9

4.9

5.0

4.4

5.3

5.6

4.3

4.7