Skipjack tuna vs. Sucker fish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between skipjack tuna and sucker fish?

Skipjack tuna is higher in vitamin B3, vitamin B6, and selenium, yet sucker fish is higher in manganese, copper, vitamin B5, calcium, and polyunsaturated fat.
Skipjack tuna's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 108% more.
Skipjack tuna has 4 times more vitamin B6 than sucker fish. While skipjack tuna has 0.981mg of vitamin B6, sucker fish has only 0.231mg.

We used Fish, tuna, skipjack, fresh, cooked, dry heat and Fish, sucker, white, cooked, dry heat types in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Skipjack tuna

Sucker fish

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+188.9%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+143.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+127.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+3947.4%

~equal in Potassium ~487mg

~equal in Iron ~1.67mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.96mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~269mg

~equal in Sodium ~51mg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Skipjack tuna

Sucker fish

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+216.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+43.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+1182.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+324.7%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+227.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+78.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+70%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~2.31µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	18.756mg	1.462mg	108%
Vitamin B6	0.981mg	0.231mg	58%
Selenium	46.8µg	16.2µg	56%
Manganese	0.019mg	0.769mg	33%
Copper	0.11mg	0.25mg	16%
Protein	28.21g	21.49g	13%
Vitamin B5	0.485mg	0.865mg	8%
Calcium	37mg	90mg	5%
Vitamin B12	2.19µg	2.31µg	5%
Vitamin A	18µg	59µg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.403g	1.035g	4%
Fats	1.29g	2.97g	3%
Vitamin B2	0.122mg	0.085mg	3%
Monounsaturated fat	0.243g	0.905g	2%
Folate	10µg	17µg	2%
Phosphorus	285mg	269mg	2%
Cholesterol	60mg	53mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.038mg	0.012mg	2%
Saturated fat	0.42g	0.579g	1%
Calories	132kcal	119kcal	1%
Zinc	1.05mg	0.96mg	1%
Iron	1.6mg	1.67mg	1%
Potassium	522mg	487mg	1%
Magnesium	44mg	38mg	1%
Vitamin C	1mg	0mg	1%
Sodium	47mg	51mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.316mg	0.241mg	0%
Threonine	1.237mg	0.942mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.3mg	0.99mg	0%
Leucine	2.293mg	1.746mg	0%
Lysine	2.59mg	1.973mg	0%
Methionine	0.835mg	0.636mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.101mg	0.839mg	0%
Valine	1.453mg	1.107mg	0%
Histidine	0.83mg	0.633mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.091g	0.244g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.237g	0.371g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.017g	0.094g	N/A