Fishes
145
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture CHO a Protein
Fat Ash
4.54
21.52
13.55
28.12 1.00
a Carbohydrate.
Amino Acids (% DM)
Methionine
Tryptophan
1.12
2.00
Source: Data from Ali et al. (2013).
Puntius ticto Hamilton 1822
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Common name: Ticto barb, firefin barb,
tic-tac-toe barb, two-spot barb.
Distribution: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh (Dahanukar, 2010c.)
Habitat: Mostly montane and submontane regions, and floodplains.
Description: Mouth of this species
is small and it is terminal in position.
Barbels are absent. Depth of the body
is less than one-third of the standard
length. The ticto barb is silver and gold
with two black spots, one just before the
pectoral fin and one near the back tail.
This species grows to a maximum size
of only 10 cm (Bashar, 2011).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% WW)
Moisture
Ash
Protein Lipid
75.02
3.34
18.08
3.56
Source: Data from Ahmed et al. (2012).
Barbus barbus Linnaeus 1758
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Common name: Common barbel.
Distribution: Native throughout Europe
and China and has become established
as an introduced species in Morocco and
Italy.
Habitat: Bottom of rivers as well as
open waters.
Description: Body of this species is
slightly laterally compressed and lacks