Sains Malaysiana 54(1)(2025): 1-8

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2025-5401-01

 

Nutritional Profile Comparison of Wild and Tagal Indigenous Mahseer (Tor duoronensis) from Borneo

(Perbandingan Profil Nutrisi Mahseer Asli Liar dan Tagal (Tor duoronensis) dari Borneo)

 

ROSSITA SHAPAWI*, NAJAMUDDIN ABDUL BASRI, ANNITA YONG SEOK-KIAN, LIM LEONG SENG, CHING FUI FUI

 

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICOE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

 

Received: 25 January 2024/Accepted: 1 November 2024

 

Abstract

Little is known about the nutritional status of mahseer (Tor duoronensis), a high-value indigenous freshwater species of Borneo. The present study evaluated the proximate, fatty acid, and amino acid compositions in carcasses of juvenile wild and conserved (tagal system) mahseer. The crude lipid content of the wild-caught fish was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than tagal fish. Mahseer from tagal system contained significantly higher (P < 0.05) fatty acid concentrations of C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C16.1, C17:0, C18:0, C18:1 n9t, C20:0, C20:4n6, C20:5n3, and C22:6n3, and lower concentrations of C12:0, C18:1 n9c, C18:2 n6c, C18:3 n3, C20:1, and C21:0 fatty acids than wild mahseer. The percentages of total saturated fatty acids and n-3:n-6 ratio were higher in the tagal system than in wild mahseer. Tor duoronensisharvested from the tagal system showed higher total amino acid concentration (756.74 ± 225.21 ng g-1) compared to wild fish (652.10 ± 249.50 ng g-1). Among the amino acid recorded, cysteine content was high in both wild (147.12 ± 206.62 ng g-1) and tagal fish (164.37 ± 229.39 ng g-1). Nine essential amino acids (histidine, arginine, threonine, valine, methionine, lysine, isoleucine, and phenylalanine) that are important in fish’s metabolic and physiological responses were present in both fish groups. This study indicates that the biochemical composition of Tor duoronensis was significantly influenced by their habitat, and these differences may be explained by the components of the fish’s diet.  The information generated from this study is beneficial for developing nutritionally balanced practical feed for this species.

 

Keywords: Body composition; feed development; Mahseer; Tagal system; Tor duoronensis

 

Abstrak

Setakat ini, sedikit yang diketahui mengenai status pemakanan ikan kelah (Tor duoronensis), yang merupakan salah satu spesies air tawar asli bernilai tinggi di Borneo. Kajian ini membandingkan komposisi proksimat, asid lemak dan asid amino ikan kelah juvenil yang liar dan ikan kelah juvenil yang dilindungi (sistem Tagal). Kandungan lemak mentah ikan liar adalah signifikan lebih tinggi (P < 0.05) daripada ikan Tagal. Ikan kelah daripada sistem Tagal mengandungi kepekatan asid lemak yang signifikan lebih tinggi (P < 0.05) bagi C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C16.1, C17:0, C18:0, C18:1 n9t, C20:0, C20:4n6, C20:5n3 dan C22:6n3 dan kepekatan lebih rendah bagi C12:0, C18:1 n9c, C18:2 n6c, C18:3 n3, C20:1 dan C21:0 berbanding kelah liar. Peratusan asid lemak tepu keseluruhan dan n-3:n-6 adalah lebih tinggi bagi ikan kelah  sistem tagal berbanding ikan kelah liar. Tor duoronensis yang ditangkap dari sistem Tagal menunjukkan kepekatan asid amino keseluruhan yang lebih tinggi (756.74 ± 225.21 ng g-1) berbanding ikan liar (652.10 ± 249.50 ng g-1). Bagi kandungan asid amino, didapati bahawa kandungan sisteina adalah tinggi dalam kedua-dua kelah liar (147.12 ± 206.62 ng g-1) dan kelah Tagal (164.37 ± 229.39 ng g-1). Sembilan asid amino penting (histidina, arginina, treonina, valina, metionina, lisina, isoleusina dan fenilalanina) yang penting dalam tindak balas metabolik dan fisiologi ikan ditemui dalam kedua-dua kumpulan ikan. Kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa komposisi biokimia Tor duoronensis dipengaruhi secara signifikan oleh habitat mereka dan perbezaan ini mungkin dapat dijelaskan oleh komponen diet ikan tersebut. Maklumat yang dihasilkan daripada kajian ini berguna untuk membangunkan makanan seimbang secara nutrisi untuk spesies ini.

 

Kata kunci: Kelah; komposisi badan; pembangunan makanan; sistem Tagal; Tor duoronensis

 

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*Corresponding author; email: rossita@ums.edu.my

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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