Proximate Composition of Two Sea Cucumber Species Holothuria pavra and Holothuria arenicola in Persian Gulf

This study compared the chemical compositions of se a cucumbers harvested from the Bndar-elengeh coast in South of Iran July 2011. Their Mois ture, ash, protein, and fat contents were measured and recorded. The average protein, moistur e, ash, crude fiber and fat were 17.61±.95%, 67.82±3.81%, 32.74±1.17%, 1.87±0.50% an d 2.43±0.53% in H.parva and 24.37±1.93%, 69.45±3.09%, 10.86±0.4%, 2.29±0.5% and 2.88±0.47% in H.arenicola respectively. Crude fat and moisture content doesn' t show any significant difference (p> 0.05). Significant variations were also observed between p rotein, ash and crude fiber contents (p<0.05) which ash content in H.parva was more than H.arenicola otherwise protein and crud fiber content in H.arenicola were more than H.pavra (p< 0.05).