Research Article
Proximate Composition and Heavy Metal Analysis of Three Aquatic Foods in Makoko River, Lagos, Nigeria
Table 1
Information on the diet of the three seafoods.
| Common name | Scientific name | | Av. eweight | Av. length | Food choice |
| Tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | 20 | 979 ± 126.34 | 32 ± 1.1 | Plant tissue, phytoplankton, small fish, detritus, small aquatic organisms | Lobster | Panulirus regius | 20 | 67 ± 7.14 | 14 ± 1.24 | Phytoplankton, small fish, mollusk, algae | Crab | Sudanonautes africanus | 20 | 80 ± 8.66 | 13 ± 1.58 | Algae, insects, detritus, plants, sand grains |
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