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! colspan="4"| Comparative mercury levels<ref name=FDA>The mercury levels in the table, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from: [http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/ucm115644.htm Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish (1990–2010)] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 8 January 2012.</ref>
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! colspan="2"| Species
! Mean ppm
!
|-
| style="background:#ff00ff;"|
| [[Tilefish]]
| align="center" | 1.450
| Gulf of Mexico
|-
| style="background:#ff56ff;"|
| [[Swordfish]]
| align="center" | 0.995
|
|-
| style="background:#ff58ff;"|
| [[Shark]]
| align="center" | 0.979
|
|-
| style="background:#ff5bff;"|
| [[King mackerel]]
| align="center" | 0.730
|
|-
| style="background:#ff5dff;"|
| [[Bigeye tuna]]
| align="center" | 0.689
| Fresh/frozen
|-
| style="background:#ff74ff;"|
| [[Atlantic Spanish mackerel]]
| align="center" | 0.454
| Gulf of Mexico
|-
| style="background:#ffa0ff;"|
| [[Spanish mackerel]]
| align="center" | 0.182
| South Atlantic
|-
| style="background:#ffb6ff;"|
| [[Chub mackerel]]
| align="center" | 0.088
| Pacific
|-
| style="background:#ffb8ff;"|
| [[Herring]]
| align="center" | 0.084
|
|-
| style="background:#ffc6ff;"|
| [[Flatfish]] *
| align="center" | 0.056
| [[Flounder]], [[plaice]] and [[sole (fish)|sole]]
|-
| style="background:#ffcdff;"|
| [[Atlantic mackerel]]
| align="center" | 0.050
|
|-
| style="background:#ffd0ff;"|
| [[Catfish]]
| align="center" | 0.025
|
|-
| style="background:#ffddff;"|
| [[Salmon]] *
| align="center" | 0.022
| Fresh/frozen
|-
| style="background:#ffe2ff;"|
| [[Sardine]]
| align="center" | 0.013
|
|-
| style="background:#ffe4ff;"|
| [[Tilapia]] *
| align="center" | 0.013
|
|-
| colspan="8" | <small>* indicates methylmercury only was analyzed (all other results are for total mercury)
|}
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