Abstract Tilapia and catfish are the most popular fish species in aquaponics. However, they not well-accepted all markets, finding alternative is important order to increase variety of food products meet market demands. South America has several potential for aquaponics systems. Encouraging implementation integrated aquaculture systems by providing information about production American can help...

The Paraná-Paraguay basin encompasses central western Brazil, northeastern Paraguay, eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina. The Pantanal is a flooded plain with marked dry and rainy seasons that, due to its soil characteristics and low declivity, has a great water holding capacity supporting abundant fish fauna. Piaractus mesopotamicus, or pacu, endemic of the ParanáParaguay basin, is a migrat...