Research Article

Morphometric Evaluations and Yields from Commercial Cuts of Black Pacu Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) in Different Body Weights

Table 2

Economic return of commercial black pacu (Colossoma macropomum) cuts in different weight classes.

Weigh classesProfitkg−1 of black pacu (R$)
Fillet with skinRibsCMSSteak

1 (<1.2 kg)1.831.650.580.43
2 (1.21 to 1.8 kg)1.701.530.590.68
3 (1.81 to 2.4 kg)2.431.850.601.99
4 (2.41 to 3.5 kg)2.452.100.591.71
5 (>3.51)2.172.010.600.16

Considering the purchase price of black pacu at R$ 5.00 kg−1.