통영 연안해역 및 경남 내륙지방에서 어획된 72종 (해산어 59종, 담수어 13종)의 어류에 대한 식품영양학적 기초자료를 얻기 위하여, 그들의 일반성분조성과 CHOL 및 $alpha$-Toc 함량의 분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 지질 함량은 표 중층 회유어 (평균 $6.09\%$) > 담수어(평균 $4.40\%$) > 연안 암초어 (평균 $3.41\%$) > 저서어(평균 $2.21\%$) 순으로 많았으며, 수분 함량과는 역상관관계 (p<0.001)를 나타냈다. 단백질은 전 어류에서 평균 약 $17~18\%$를 함유하였으나, 수분 함량과의 상관성은 저서어를 제외한 다른 어류에서는 인정되지 않았고, 회분 함량은 전 어류에서 $1~2\%$로 거의 일정하였다. CHOL 함량은 6.7(꼼치)$~$249mg(뱀장어)/100g muscle의 범위로 어종에 따라 큰 차이를 보였으며, 지질함량과 정의 상관관계를 보였다. $alpha-Toc$ 함량은 뱀장어 (4.1 mg/100 g muscle)를 제외한 나머지 어종에서는 흔적 또는 3mg/100g 이하였으며, 지질 함량과 대체로 비례하는 경향을 나타냈다.
Proximate composition, cholesterol (CHOL) and $alpha-tocopherol$ ($alpha-Toc$) content of seventy-two species of fish muscle (sea water fish, 59 species; fresh water fish, 13 species), which caught off Tongyeong coast of the Southern Sea ( Nam-Hae) and caught Kyeongho river, Sancheong, Korea, were determined. Lipid content was ranked from $0.53\%$ to $20.4\%$ and was high in the following order; mid-surface dwelling and migratory fish ($6.09{pm}4.25\%$) > fresh water fish ($4.40{pm}5.90\%$) > coastal and reep dwelling fish ($3.41{pm}2.68\%$) > demersal fish ($2.12{pm}2.41\%$). There was a negative correlation between the lipid and moisture content in all fish groups (p< 0.001). Protein was approximately $17~18\%$ in all fish group, and no correlation was between the protein and moisture content in all but the demersal fish, which there was a negative correlation between both contents. Ash content was almost constant in all fish, accounting for $1~2\%$, Cholesterol (CHOL) content was shown a great difference according to the fish species from 6.7 mg/100 g muscle (grass fish) to 249 mg/100 g (eel) and there was a positive correlation between the lipid and CHOL content. $alpha-Toc$ content was less than 3 mg/100 g muscle in all fish, except that of eel (4.1 mg/100 g) and was relatively rich in the fish species contained a large amount of lipid.
