Ngari, a traditional fermented fish product prepared from sundried Puntius sp were fermented in
different temperature and its biochemical and microbiological qualities were analyzed. Changes in the different
parameters were observed. During fermentation, the value of moisture changes at different temperature. Ash content
was low, at 180 days of 20° C followed by 40°C and room temperature 30°C. The values of Total protein, amino
acid, non protein nitrogen soluble protein nitrogen, free fatty acid, were found to vary during the course of
fermentation indicating of fish fermentation. The values of Cholesterol were 3.90, 3.67 and 3.22 at 20°C, room
temperature and 40°C respectively. Changes in pH were minimal. Variations in the microbial count during the
fermentation of Puntius were analyzed at various intervals. The colony forming unit of bacteria was observed in the
range of 104-106. Bacillus and Micrococcus spp. were dominant amongst the bacteria identified. Staphylococcus
aureus and faecal Streptococci count reaches 105 and 106 cfu/g respectively. Vibrio parahaemolyticus and
Pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella and E,coli were not detected during the course of study. Aspergillus spp and
Penicillium spp were the dominant fungal species during the period of fermentation. The results shows that several
microflora with varying percentage were found to be associated with the fermentation of sundried P sophore and
they might play an important role during fermentation.