Abstract
Lipid content and fatty acid compositions were examined for 26 species of wild and cultured puffer fish imported from Korea, China and Bangladesh and wild puffer fish caught in Japan. Them, one potential application of the meat of this fish was considered. Total lipid content of wild puffer fish meat was found to be somewhat less compared to cultured puffer fish. It is presumed that those differences are clearly connected to the compositions of fatty acids depending on the biotic factors for feed in, because wild puffer fish are migrating type of fish. No differences regarding specific compositions in fatty acids were recognized. In fatty acid compositions of cultured puffer fish C18-2n6 content showed markedly high.
