The distribution of chemical elements in a kind of shore fish;
Cheorodon azurio or Ira in Japanese common name will be reported in this paper.
Main constituents are alkali and alkaline earth metals and phosphorus. The total quantity of Na, K, Ca and Mg as oxide amounts to 48-55% and that of P as oxide to 40-50% in ashes.
Among miner constituents Fe and Al are most abundant and the quantity of these is 1.0-31.0 × 10
-5 g. atom per 1 g of ashes respectively.
Secondary less abundant are Zn and Cu, and the quantity Zn is 0.4-2.6 × 10
-5 g. atom and that of Cu is less than 0.5 × 10
-5 g. atom per 1 g of ashes respectively.
Mn, Pb and Sn are also found but these are considered as trace element in this fish.
The distribution tendency of each of these minor elements in inner organ, flesh and hard part seems to have specific type as follows in ratio of quantity.
Al, Zn, Sn-Inn. org. > Flesh > Hard part
Fe, Cu, Mn-Inn. org. >> or > Flesh < Hard part
Pb-Inn. org. << Flesh < Hard part
The general tendency of distribution of chemical elements in shore fish “Ira” shows similarity to that in migratory fish but some differences are also found in details.
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