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 fish (22.47 - 51.00%) is higher than for oven-dried (31 – 49%) and smoke-dried (13.04 – 40.54%) samples. The lower protein content in oven dried and smoked samples could be connected with denaturation of fish protein associated with oven dried and smoked fish (Akinneye, unpublished). The highest fat content (12.73 – 60.30%) was observed in fish samples that were smoked while the least 12.13 – 26.42% was recorded for fish samples that were sundried. The lower fat content observed in sun- dried method could be associated with the oxidation of fat during the period of sun drying (McGill et al., 1974).