Abstract:This present study was to compare and evaluate the contents of moisture,crude protein,crude lipid,ash,amino acids and fatty acids in the muscle of different sizes of Coilia nasus which the body length was (109.45±3.85)mm、(150.01±1.11)mm、(205.06±4.41)mm,respectively.The results showed that the contents of crude protein,crude lipid and moisture in the muscle of different size fish were significantly different(P<0.05),but the ash content showed no significant difference(P>0.05).The crude protein(20.20%) and crude lipid contents(7.37%) in the muscle of large fish were the highest.18 kinds of amino acids were all detected in the muscles of three different sizes fish.The percentage of total amino acid was 17.21%,18.73%and 20.44%,the percentage of essential amino acid was 7.59%,8.20% and 9.03%,and the percentage of four kinds of umami amino acid were 6.39%,7.33%and 8.18%,respectively.According to nutrition evaluation for animo acid score(AAS) and chemical score(CS),the first limited amino acid was Tryptophan.The contents of oleic acid,eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid(DHA) were more abundant than those in common foods,and large fish had higher nutritional value than the other two small size fish(P<0.05).