The present work had as objective to identify a new species for creation in captivity in the Amazon region, aiming not only the demand of the local market, but also a consuming market interested in new products and with quality. It was used as starting point the data base of the Projeto Manejo dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis of 2001 the 2004. Making a link of this data with the Nucleus of Resources the Fishing of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and the Natural resources and the Special Secretariat of Aqüicultura and Fishing of the Presidency of the Republic/AM database, it was made possible to identify the arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Vandelli, 1829) as a fish with potential for the creation in captivity. Market values were analyzed and carried through analyses of the centesimal composition and the income of carcass, that they had credited the arawana a lean meat (0,08% of fat) and proteic (15,19%), with an meat yield of 29,15 ± 1,48% of filet.
Arawana; Creation; Centesimal composition; Fish
