[Characteristics of lipids of various species of small fish]

Fractional and fatty-acid lipid composition studied in some new species of small industrial fish was shown to be specific and typical for hydrodionts: comparatively high nonsaturation of fatty acids, essential amount of polyenic acids with 20 and 22 carbon atoms. The main lipid fractions were presented by triglycerides and phospholipids. The new small fish species studied can serve as an additional source of biologically valuable fatty components in the nutrition of the population.