Heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb) content in two fish species of Persian Gulf in Bushehr Port, Iran.

Abstract

0.26 for Cd, 1.25 to 1.84 for Cu, 0.6 to 0.84 for Ni and 0.31 to 0.7 for Pb. Results showed that the highest and lowest contents of heavy metals in muscle and skin of both fish samples were related to Cu and Cd concentration, respectively, and heavy metal contents in both skin fish samples and muscle of Tigertooth croaker were found to decrease in sequence as Cu>Pb>Ni>Cd.