Chemical composition and yield of edible part of Tilapia zilli (Gerv,1848)‎ intruder to Iraqi water

Abstract EN

This study explains the chemical composition and yield of edible part of Tilapia zilli which is in come to Iraqi water and were fished from Al-Dabab in south of Al- Hammar marsh.

Fishes are divided to four parts as head , skin and bones, viscera and meat.

The meat constituted high weighty ratio from another parts (49.60%).

Chemical composition was counted for Tilapia zilli, protein (18.43%), fat (11.17%), moisture (66.54%) and ash (3.47%).

Chemical composition was counted for every parts (head, skin and bones, viscera and meat) for Tilapia zilli.