Body Amino Acid Composition of Axillary seabream ( Pagellus acarne R., 1827) Catched from Dardanelles (Canakkale, Turkey).

Amino acid composition of the whole body tissue of Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne) was determined. Fish was catched from Dardanelles (April 2013) via fishing line. The most abundant amino acid was Glutamic Acid (11.0 g/100 g crude protein) and Valine was the most abundant essential amino acid (6.2 g/100 g crude protein). The total essential amino acid content was 32.3 g/100 g crude protein and the total nonessential amino acid content was 42.5 g/100 g crude protein.