Proximate composition of the three species of fish sub- jected to different methods of drying is presented in Table 1. The moisture content ranges from 9.79 to 16.42%. The protein, fat, ash and carbohydrate contents vary with species and mode of drying (Table 1). Azam et al. (2004) has also reported similar protein, fat and ash contents of 10 species of fish. The protein content of the sun dried