Aquaculture of Colossoma macropomum and Related Species in Latin America

摘要

Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier 1818), known as black pacu in the United States, is the second largest scaled fish after Arapaima gigas (Osteo-glossidae) in the Amazon basin, reaching weights of 30 kg in the natural environment (Goulding and Carvalho 1982). The fish has excellent characteristics for use in aquac-ulture (Campos 1986; Saint-Paul 1986, 1991; Van der Meer 1997), which include Reproducing under aquaculture conditions; Being low on the food chain; Accepting prepared feed; Being highly resistant to disease, handling, and poor water quality; Having rapid growth; Being amenable to high density; Having high market acceptability; Commanding a high price; and Also being marketable as an ornamental fish.