TABLE 2: Proportion of bodyweight of dissected fish by 5 parts (g/100 g wet weight, mean and range)

Species

Head

Viscera

Frame

Skin

Flesh

Albacore tuna

23.9
22.4-26.7

6.1
4.8-7.5

19.0
17.1-20.5

4.2
3.4-5.1

46.9
45.1-48.7

Alfonsino

36.8
36.1-38.3

8.3
6.7-11.0

18.0
16.6-19.1

4.9
4.0-6.2

32.0
31.5-32.4

Barracouta

21.6
18.4-24.2

10.8
8.8-12.6

23.1
21.1-25.1

3.1
2.7-4.3

41.5
38.6-47.8

Baxters dogfish

29.3
25.9-33.3

32.2
29.6-39.3

19.5
17.0-23.2

5.0
3.9-5.7

14.0
12.0-18.8

Black oreo dory

41.1
37.6-45.4

6.3
5.1-7.3

20.6
17.8-22.3

7.2
5.6-8.1

24.8
21.0-28.9

Black slickhead

23.7
19.5-33.3

6.7
5.2-9.5

30.6
21.9-33.6

8.1
4.1-11.8

30.9
26.6-34.6

Blue cod

34.8
32.1-37.1

7.2
4.9-9.5

23.2
21.0-28.0

5.6
4.7-6.8

29.2
24.8-32.7

Blue mackerel

15.2
12.8-17.2

10.8
8.7-15.3

21.0
19.1-22.8

3.3
1.6-5.0

49.7
45.2-54.4

Blue moki

25.2
24.2-25.8

4.8
3.6-7.1

26.7
23.3-28.5

7.0
5.3-8.6

36.3
33.6-41.0

Blue-nose warehou

28.9
26.8-31.0

7.7
6.1-8.9

18.8
18.1-20.0

4.6
4.2-5.2

40.1
38.0-43.2

Butterfish

17.2
15.4-19.9

14.3
12.4-15.6

21.9
21.1-22.9

7.9
7.4-8.4

38.7
34.2-42.2

Cardinal fish

35.5
32.2-40.3

3.9
3.2-4.8

19.9
13.9-23.7

5.0
3.6-5.9

35.7
34.0-38.2

Common warehou

21.0
18.9-22.8

12.0
9.5-12.8

22.5
20.2-24.8

4.5
4.1-5.3

40.0
36.4-42.5

Elephant fish

21.1
17.6-25.4

14.5
13.1-15.7

23.8
22.4-24.8

5.1
4.3-7.3

35.5
34.0-40.1

Frostfish

19.4
18.5-20.1

3.2
2.8-3.9

38.2
37.2-40.3

6.9
5.5-7.6

32.3
30.8-33.7

Garfish

17.1
15.2-18.2

7.6
5.1-10.1

27.4
23.1-31.5

7.7
6.3-10.3

40.3
36.0-43.6

Gemfish

24.9
21.3-32.7

5.5
3.8-6.7

27.3
25.3-29.3

6.1
4.8-7.5

36.2
29.3-38.8

Giant stargazer

45.8
44.3-47.4

10.9
9.2-13.1

12.6
11.5-15.0

3.8
3.2-4.6

26.9
22.6-29.8

Grey mullet

22.7
20.8-26.7

14.4
8.6-25.1

25.7
23.1-29.5

8.6
5.1-11.3

28.7
23.0-34.1

Hake

23.3
21.1-26.0

12.8
6.0-23.5

21.5
16.2-24.6

5.5
4.3-7.3

36.9
25.9-44.4

Hapuku

34.1
33.7-34.7

7.8
7.6-7.9

24.0
22.4-25.6

4.4
3.9-4.8

29.7
28.3-31.1

Hoki

26.6
25.1-28.8

5.9
4.9-6.9

21.8
18.0-25.1

2.9
1.9-3.4

42.7
40.1-46.5

Jack mackerel

24.8
24.1-25.4

8.1
6.1-11.3

27.8
24.4-30.5

4.4
2.6-6.3

34.9
33.3-36.1

Javelin fish

32.4
31.1-33.4

10.2
8.8-11.3

15.0
12.8-16.3

3.7
3.2-3.9

38.8
37.0-41.0

John dory

31.5
25.8-35.1

13.0
6.2-21.6

21.5
18.3-25.6

4.9
3.7-5.8

29.0
26.8-32.3

Kahawai

23.0
20.9-25.8

13.1
10.5-15.3

25.5
21.8-26.9

3.8
2.8-4.4

34.6
33.8-36.2

Kingfish

27.8
24.6-32.7

7.5
5.5-9.3

20.6
17.3-23.3

5.1
4.4-5.7

39.1
29.4-46.5

Leatherjacket

30.4
27.3-35.3

11.2
6.1-18.6

20.0
18.0-22.0

5.8
5.1-6.9

32.7
30.3-35.6

Lemon sole

11.3
9.7-13.3

6.3
4.6-8.5

30.2
25.8-36.6

11.3
9.0-14.2

40.9
37.0-44.9

Ling

25.7
22.1-27.4

7.2
5.6-9.6

24.9
22.8-26.2

6.0
4.5-8.2

36.2
33.0-40.1

Lookdown dory

32.9
29.8-36.5

5.7
4.7-6.8

19.5
17.3-22.6

2.5
1.8-2.8

39.4
37.9-41.8

New Zealand sole

12.2
10.8-15.0

8.3
6.6-9.8

25.2
22.2-29.1

10.8
9.9-11.3

43.6
41.0-47.2

Orange roughy

38.8
35.8-41.8

8.1
6.0-10.6

13.2
11.5-14.5

3.5
3.1-4.0

36.5
34.6-39.1

Pale ghost shark

35.4
33.2-39.1

24.5
23.4-26.0

18.0
16.2-21.6

4.8
3.1-6.9

17.3
15.3-19.0

Parore

20.5
19.4-21.3

11.9
8.8-17.2

31.3
28.6-33.5

7.5
7.1-8.5

28.9
26.7-32.3

Pilchards

30.7
27.6-32.4

69.3
67.6-72.4

Porae

29.0
26.7-32.4

6.7
5.7-7.4

23.6
21.9-27.1

5.6
5.0-6.7

35.2
31.7-37.7

Rattail

39.8
37.9-43.0

8.8
6.1-10.6

15.7
14.5-17.2

9.2
6.0-10.8

26.5
21.0-29.6

Rays bream

22.1
18.1-24.5

3.8
2.9-4.6

27.0
23.6-30.3

8.4
6.7-9.8

38.7
36.4-40.5

Red cod

27.5
26.1-29.2

17.5
15.8-19.8

23.7
22.9-24.5

5.7
4.5-6.7

25.6
24.4-27.7

Red gurnard

34.1
33.4-34.8

9.7
7.7-12.5

22.0
20.1-25.4

5.3
3.8-6.5

28.9
24.9-32.0

Ribaldo

24.6
23.4-26.1

9.8
5.6-12.3

21.2
18.4-23.6

6.4
4.1-8.5

38.1
34.8-40.9

Ridge-scaled rattail

41.2
39.7-43.7

14.3
11.7-17.8

17.0
15.1-17.8

4.3
3.6-4.9

23.2
20.8-25.0

Rig

20.4
13.0-22.8

14.7
11.7-23.2

18.1
16.7-20.1

7.8
6.2-10.3

39.1
35.2-43.2

Salmon (sea cage)

17.6
16.1-21.6

6.8
5.7-9.1

20.4
18.6-22.2

6.3
5.3-7.1

49.0
44.3-52.0

Sand flounder

20.5
18.6-22.0

9.2
4.5-11.9

21.7
19.8-24.0

14.9
11.5-18.1

33.7
28.1-37.3

School shark

28.5
25.9-30.8

20.2
18.1-23.1

15.4
12.9-17.8

5.8
4.9-7.0

30.0
27.9-31.6

Sea perch

46.8
44.4-48.1

7.2
6.0-10.1

15.0
12.9-16.4

3.5
3.1-3.9

27.6
25.7-29.5

Silver dory

31.6
29.3-36.0

8.6
7.0-10.0

21.8
19.9-24.3

7.2
5.9-9.9

30.9
26.5-33.3

Silver warehou

21.5
19.3-25.6

13.4
11.7-16.2

23.6
21.8-25.3

6.7
5.0-7.7

34.8
30.5-38.0

Skipjack tuna

25.1
23.1-27.0

8.9
8.2-9.8

25.9
21.8-28.8

1.7
1.3-2.0

38.5
34.9-39.2

Slender tuna

16.9
16.0-17.9

7.8
7.3-8.7

22.4
19.2-27.6

3.1
2.8-3.2

49.8
44.2-53.9

Smooth oreo dory

48.0
45.1-49.5

8.4
6.2-10.7

11.5
10.2-12.9

2.4
1.7-3.6

29.7
27.7-30.9

Snapper

31.9
30.2-34.0

7.6
5.8-11.7

20.3
17.6-22.1

7.4
5.2-8.7

32.7
28.9-34.6

Spiky dogfish

23.7
20.5-28.0

27.0
20.9-33.1

22.3
17.1-25.0

3.9
3.2-5.5

23.0
18.3-27.3

Southern blue whiting

21.1
17.7-25.7

8.9
5.7-10.2

24.4
21.4-26.4

4.8
4.0-5.3

40.9
38.2-42.7

Swollenhead conger eel

20.9
17.7-23.7

15.1
10.4-22.6

33.8
29.4-38.5

6.0
3.7-7.4

24.2
17.3-30.6

Tarakihi

24.3
21.2-27.1

7.1.
5.8-8.0

27.0
25.5-27.7

7.4
6.3-8.0

34.2
32.8-36.5

Trevally

28.2
26.3-30.9

10.4
9.2-12.4

26.5
25.2-27.9

2.3
1.6-4.2

32.6
29.5-34.0

White warehou

24.5
22.7-26.8

13.1
10.8-15.3

22.4
20.6-24.5

5.8
4.7-6.9

34.2
30.0-38.2

Yellow-belly flounder

18.4
17.0-19.4

6.6
5.4-9.1

20.2
19.0-22.6

10.9
7.8-13.9

44.0
40.3-45.9

Yellow-eyed mullet

21.7
21.3-25.2

9.1
7.2-13.5

23.7
18.7-27.6

9.4
6.7-11.0

36.1
33.3-39.9