Proximate Composition of Malapterurus electricus and Gymnarchdae niloticus Fish from Khartoum Fish Market

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Science College of Animal Production Science and Technology, Sudan University of Science and Technology P.O.BOX 204, Khartoum North, Sudan

*Corresponding author: Haram Hassan Abbas Bakhiet, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Science College of Animal Production Science and Technology, Sudan University of Science and Technology P.O.BOX 204, Khartoum North, Sudan; E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected].

Received Date: January 11, 2023

Published Date: February 15, 2023

Citation: Bakhiet HHA, et al. (2023). Proximate Composition of Malapterurus electricus and Gymnarchdae niloticus Fish from Khartoum Fish Market. Mathews J Vet Sci. 7(1):18.

Copyrights: Bakhiet HHA, et al. © (2023).

ABSTRACT

Two fish species (Malapterurus electricus and Gymnarchdae niloticus) commomly accessible and consumed in Sudan were analyzed for proximate composition. The moisture, protein, fat and ash contents of the fishes were determined using the following method as described by the AOAC (2005). The average of moisture contents of the fishes varied from 67.6 to 70.5 (g/100g) for Gymnarchdae niloticus and Malapterurus electricus respectively. The protein contents of the fishes present the same order and ranged from 25.56 to 27, 60(g/100g). The two fish species were observed to have high fat content and thus could be defined as oily or fatty fishes. And had significant higher amounts of fat (6.6 and 6.05 g/100g for Malapterurus electricus and Gymnarchdae niloticus respectively) the mean values of the ash were 1.8 and 1.6 (g/100g) for Malapterurus electricus and Gymnarchdae niloticus respectively.

Keywords: Fat, Protein, Malapterurus electricus, Gymnarchdae niloticus.