BRIEF NOTE ON THE PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF SILVERBELLIES OF PORTO NOVO WATERS

Proximate composition of ten species of leiognathids was studied from nutritive point of view; In the dried samples of flesh of these species, protein varied betvsreen 73.87% and 77.07%; fat between 2.96% and 5.98%; and carbohydrate between 0.75% and 2.06%. The ash value ranged from 17.17% to 22.64% and the moisture content correspondingly from 73.67% to 77.40%.