Nutritional Freshwater Life
250
Polysaccharides and
Sugar (g/100 g WW)
Polysaccharides Sugar
0.051
0.072
Minerals (mg/100 g WW)
Ca
P
Fe
40.5
52.5
46.5
Source: Data from Uddin
(2012).
Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Common name: Nile puffer, striped
puffer, band puffer, globe fish.
Distribution: Nile, Chad Basin, Niger,
Volta, Gambia, Geba and Senegal in
Africa (Animal-world).
Habitat: Large rivers, open water,
weed beds, and vegetated fringes in
water.
Description: It is a stocky elongated
fish covered with short prickles and
has bright orange-red eyes. Body
is  brownish gray on  the back, gradually becoming lighter toward the
under parts, ending with a whitish
belly. There are a series of light, often
golden colored, horizontal stripes
running from the pectoral fins back
across the tail. These fishes are known
to change color depending on mood.
This species grows to a maximum
length of 45 cm (Animal-world).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition
(g/100 g DM)
Lipid Protein Moisture a
1.8
79.1
80.0
a Wet weight.
Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) (µg/g DM)
Leucine
177.6
Isoleucine
97.0
Valine
110.4
Threonine
114.5
Lysine
202.3
Histidine
78.9
Methionine
88.3
Phenylalanine
91.6
Total EAAs
960.5
Minerals (per g DM)
K
(mg)
P
(mg)
Ca
(mg)
Na
(mg)
Mg
(mg)
Zn
(µg)
Fe
(µg)
Cu
(µg)
9990 7885 5880 2035 751 88 61 1.3
Source: Data from Mohamed et al. (2010).