comparison of fatty acid profile in muscle and liver of male and female of schizothorax zarudnyi

present study was conducted to find the variations in fatty acid profile between muscle and liver of male and female of schizothorax zarudnyi. totally, 18 fatty acids of saturated, mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acids were found in both male and female of s. zarudnyi. palmitic acid (c16:0), palmitoleic acid (c16:1) and docosahexaenoic acid (c22:0) were the most abundant fatty acids of sfas, mufas and pufas in fish muscle and liver, respectively. there were no significant differences in content of sfas (with 33.44 and 35.42 g/100 g of total fatty acids in muscle of male and female, respectively), mufas (with 42.56 and 42.94) and pufas (with 22.00 and 21.68) between male and female of s. zarudnyi (p>0.05). the content of sfa, mufa and pufas in liver of male and female of s. zarudnyi were 34.51 and 37.04, 42.95 and 44.31 and also 22.55 and 18.62, respectively. n-3/n-6 ratio in muscle and liver of male and female of s. zarudnyi was as 3.91, 2.99, 4.96 and 4.43, respectively.