Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Arapaimidae
Common name: African arowana.
Distribution: Throughout Africa (SaheloSudanese region, Senegal, and Gambia,
as well as parts of eastern Africa) (Froese
and Pauly, 2014b).
Habitat: Open water of rivers and lakes.
Description: It is a long-bodied fish
with short head, large scales, long dorsal and anal fins set far back on the
body, and a rounded caudal fin. It has
an elongated and robust body with
a height 3.5–5 times the standard
length (SL). Lips are thick, and there
is a dermal flap on the border of the
gill cover. Adults are gray, brown, or
bronze in color, but juveniles often have
dark longitudinal bands. It grows to a
maximum length of 1 m and weight of
10.2 kg (Froese and Pauly, 2014b).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
Fiber
Ash
Moisture
46.28
0.12
9.00
7.90
Minerals (% DM)
P
Ca
K
Mg Fe Na Cu Zn
0.38 0.40 0.32 0.29 0.14 0.74 0.03 0.30
Source: Data from Fawole et al. (2007).
FaMiLy: MorMyridae (eLePhant FiSheS)
Gnathonemus tamandua Günther 1862
(= Campylomormyrus tamandua)
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Common name: Trunkfish, bluntjawed elephantnose.
Distribution: Western Africa; Niger
and Zaire (Mongabay.com, 1994–2013).
Habitat: Murky water with submerged
wood.
Description: It is an elongated, laterally compressed species with a long
elephant-like snout, and the mouth is
located near the end of this proboscis. Lower part of the proboscis protrudes past the mouth. Dorsal and
ventral profiles are symmetric, with
the anal and dorsal fins located across
from one another. Caudal fin is forked.
Coloration of the body is brown-gray
with several brownish white markings.
This species reaches a maximum size of
40 cm (Günther, 1864; Mongabay.com,
1994–2013).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture Ash Protein Fat
EE NFE
10.51
25.50 10.37 16.56 35.07 1.60
EE, ether extract; NFE, nitrogen-free extract.
Source: Data from Olele (2012).
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Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Arapaimidae
Common name: African arowana.
Distribution: Throughout Africa (SaheloSudanese region, Senegal, and Gambia,
as well as parts of eastern Africa) (Froese
and Pauly, 2014b).
Habitat: Open water of rivers and lakes.
Description: It is a long-bodied fish
with short head, large scales, long dorsal and anal fins set far back on the
body, and a rounded caudal fin. It has
an elongated and robust body with
a height 3.5–5 times the standard
length (SL). Lips are thick, and there
is a dermal flap on the border of the
gill cover. Adults are gray, brown, or
bronze in color, but juveniles often have
dark longitudinal bands. It grows to a
maximum length of 1 m and weight of
10.2 kg (Froese and Pauly, 2014b).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
Fiber
Ash
Moisture
46.28
0.12
9.00
7.90
Minerals (% DM)
P
Ca
K
Mg Fe Na Cu Zn
0.38 0.40 0.32 0.29 0.14 0.74 0.03 0.30
Source: Data from Fawole et al. (2007).
FaMiLy: MorMyridae (eLePhant FiSheS)
Gnathonemus tamandua Günther 1862
(= Campylomormyrus tamandua)
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Common name: Trunkfish, bluntjawed elephantnose.
Distribution: Western Africa; Niger
and Zaire (Mongabay.com, 1994–2013).
Habitat: Murky water with submerged
wood.
Description: It is an elongated, laterally compressed species with a long
elephant-like snout, and the mouth is
located near the end of this proboscis. Lower part of the proboscis protrudes past the mouth. Dorsal and
ventral profiles are symmetric, with
the anal and dorsal fins located across
from one another. Caudal fin is forked.
Coloration of the body is brown-gray
with several brownish white markings.
This species reaches a maximum size of
40 cm (Günther, 1864; Mongabay.com,
1994–2013).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture Ash Protein Fat
EE NFE
10.51
25.50 10.37 16.56 35.07 1.60
EE, ether extract; NFE, nitrogen-free extract.
Source: Data from Olele (2012).