(Department of Zoology, Faculty Of Natural And Applied Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2020-01-13) Cheka, B.C.; Banyigyi, A.H.; Ameh, S.M.
Analysis ol the stomach contents of Barbus occidental is from River Uke, Nasarawa Slate, Nigeria was studied
using 219 Barbus occidentals samples collected between March - August 2017. Food and feeding habit of the
sample was done using numerical, frequency of occurrence and volumetric methods. The result showed that the
fish fed mostly on phytoplankton (Cyanophyceae (15.84%), Chlorophyceae (12.29%), Filamentous algae (1.09%),
three groups of zooplankton encountered were copepods (0.41%), cladocerans (5.56%) and nematode (20.94%),
and they also fed substantially on anthropods (7.16%), fish remains, insect larval (1.19%) and benthos organisms
(5.68%), the study indicated that the fish is omnivores. There was no significant difference (p>0.01) on the item
consumed in wet and dry seasons. The information gathered from this present study serves as a guideline for further research on the river