Hemijski sastav nekih vrsta raža ulovljenih kočarenjem u mediteranskom zalivu Antalija (Turska)

The objective of this study is to determine the proximate analysis of some ray species caught by trawling in the Gulf of Antalya. Proximate analyses revealed non significant (P>0.05), differences in moisture among brown ray, thornback ray, common stingray and spiny butterfly ray. Of all the species analyses spiny butterfly ray had the highest protein content (22.46±2.18%). Common stingray and spiny butterfly ray had significantly different (P<0.05) levels of lipids compared to the others. Common stingray also had the highest ash content (2.96±0.02%) compared to the others. Therefore, it was concluded that discard fish species such as brown ray, thornback ray, common stingray and spiny butterfly ray would be use as a source of protein for human diet