_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: drfagbohun08@gmail.com; International Journal of Pathogen Research 3(2): 1-8, 2019; Article no.IJPR.51645 Mycoflora and Nutritional Analysis of Smoked Dried Crayfish (Penaeus monodon – Prawns) During Storage Emmanuel Dayo Fagbohun 1* , Oluwabukola Atinuke Popoola 2 and Ayobami Opeoluwa Durojaiye 1 1 Department of Microbiology, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. 2 National Biotechnology Development Agency South West Zonal Center, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author EDF designed the study and wrote the protocol, Author OAP performed the statistical analysis. Authors EDF, OAP and AOD wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author AOD managed the analyses of the study. Authors OAP and AOD managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJPR/2019/v3i230089 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Jasini A. Musa Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Reviewers: (1) Venus Bantoto-Kinamot, Negros Oriental State University, Philippines. (2) El Mahdy Cristina, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, România. (3) Mbadu Zebe Victorine, ISTM, Democratic Republic of Congo. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/51645 Received 06 August 2019 Accepted 11 October 2019 Published 16 October 2019 ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the mycoflora and nutritional composition of smoked dried crayfish Penaeus monodon (prawns) during storage for twenty-four weeks. The mycoflora were isolated at four weeks interval using direct plating and dilution methods on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA), Saboraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) and Malt Extract Agar (MEA). The fungi isolated using direct plating methods and dilution methods were Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigates, Rhizopus sp., Phytophthora siskiyouensis, Penicillum sp. and Mucor sp. The result of proximate analysis (g/100 g) of smoked dried crayfish Penaeus monodon (prawns) showed a decrease in ash content (12.53-10.86), fat (14.95-12.30), crude fibre (1.60-1.29) while moisture content (3.10-3.71), crude protein (66.34-66.84) and carbohydrate (1.66-5.00) increased respectively. The result of mineral analysis (mg/100 g) of smoked dried crayfish Penaeus monodon Original Research Article