The tiger shovelnose catfish Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766), a species widely distributed in South America, is a fish that due to its high-quality meat and fast growth, has been arising the interest of fish farmers, specially in countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The Peruvian governmental agency known as PROMPERU, has been looking for new international markets for this fish overseas, and at the same time linking efforts with other Peruvian organisms in order to develop strategies and studies that can lead to the establishment of a sustainable meat production of tiger shovelnose catfish, for international trade. One of these institutions is the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute–IIAP, which is developing a series of studies in order to generate culture technology for this catfish. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of three feeding frequencies (...

The tiger shovelnose catfish Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766), a species widely distributed in South America, is a fish that due to its high-quality meat and fast growth, has been arising the interest of fish farmers, specially in countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The Peruvian governmental agency known as PROMPERU, has been looking for new international markets for this fish overseas, and at the same time linking efforts with other Peruvian organisms in order to develop strategies and studies that can lead to the establishment of a sustainable meat production of tiger shovelnose catfish, for international trade. One of these institutions is the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute–IIAP, which is developing a series of studies in order to generate culture technology for this catfish. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of three feeding frequencies (...