This study evaluated the microbiological quality of dry-salted arapaima marketed in two fairs of the state of Amazonas. Were acquired twenty salted-dried fishes samples coming from the Sustainable Development Reserve Uaiti-Paraná in Fonte Boa and PANAIR in Manaus. The products of PANAIR and Fonte Boa observed the following results: for Salmonella, all samples showed satisfactory results (Absence in 25g). However, all the other results in CFU / g: staphylococci (1.0x103, 1.2x103), halophilic bacteria (2.6x103, 6.0x103) and fungi (2.5x103, 5.1x10³) outside the limit allowed by Brazilian law. The products were unfit for human consumption, indicating the need best technologies to obtain arapaima salted-dried without risk to consumer health