Table 6 Apparent fatty acid digestibility coefficients (%) of diets containing various fish meals for olive flounder

C14:0

91.7 ± 0.12^b

94.9 ± 0.12^bc

96.1 ± 0.16^c

97.0 ± 1.51^c

93.0 ± 0.47^bc

92.9 ± 0.59^bc

93.2 ± 0.47^bc

80.6 ± 3.12^a

C16:0

90.0 ± 0.13^bc

92.2 ± 0.34^bc

94.6 ± 0.17^c

93.1 ± 0.40^c

89.4 ± 0.71^bc

87.4 ± 0.77^b

93.7 ± 0.26^c

69.7 ± 4.70^a

C18:0

86.8 ± 0.27^bcd

90.7 ± 0.66^de

91.9 ± 0.24^de

94.1 ± 0.37^e

84.3 ± 1.02^bc

83.7 ± 0.82^b

89.4 ± 0.38^cde

68.9 ± 4.69^a

C18:1n-9

92.5 ± 0.62^b

95.5 ± 0.17^b

95.8 ± 0.31^b

95.2 ± 0.25^b

93.8 ± 0.32^b

95.9 ± 2.16^b

95.2 ± 0.21^b

80.5 ± 2.53^a

C18:2n-6

88.9 ± 0.74^b

96.6 ± 0.27^c

97.1 ± 0.29^c

96.9 ± 0.22^c

93.3 ± 0.75^bc

95.5 ± 0.22^bc

93.9 ± 0.24^bc

72.1 ± 6.24^a

C18:3n-3

93.4 ± 0.11^cd

96.5 ± 0.27^cd

97.8 ± 0.80^d

96.4 ± 0.27^cd

90.1 ± 0.40^bc

85.8 ± 0.60^b

91.7 ± 0.44^bcd

61.3 ± 6.39^a

C20:4n-6

95.7 ± 0.19^c

97.4 ± 0.18^c

97.1 ± 0.12^c

94.3 ± 0.43^bc

92.7 ± 1.87^bc

94.4 ± 0.63^bc

89.9 ± 3.15^b

82.6 ± 2.59^a

C20:5n-3

97.2 ± 0.07^b

98.5 ± 0.08^b

98.7 ± 0.08^b

97.3 ± 0.48^b

97.5 ± 0.21^b

98.2 ± 0.34^b

97.9 ± 0.20^b

92.5 ± 1.52^a

C22:6n-3

96.7 ± 0.05^b

98.0 ± 0.14^b

98.0 ± 0.36^b

97.3 ± 0.20^b

96.8 ± 0.14^b

96.9 ± 0.57^b

97.4 ± 0.10^b

88.0 ± 1.89^a