Seasonal Variation in Proximate Composition and Fatty Acid Profiles of Three Scorpion Fish from the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.

The protein, lipid, and fatty acid levels of three fish scorpion caught from Mediterranean changed significantly among the seasons (p <0.05). The highest protein levels were determined in winter, spring, and summer for S. scrofa and in summer for S. elongata and H. dactylopterus. The highest lipid contents were determined in the spring for S. scrofa and S. elongate and in autumn for H. dactylopterus. The dominant fatty acids for three species were detected as SFA>PUFA > MUFA. As a result, low PUFA/SFA ratios, low EPA levels, and dominant SFAs in the muscle of three species. However, low n6/n3 ratio and high protein, and poor lipid content are nutritionally important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]