“…Therefore, in fish such as tambaqui fry, moisture makes up about 65% of the fillet (Terrazas et al, 2002;Mendonça et al, 2011), while in the juvenile phase (Lima et al, 2018;Oliveira et al, 2020) up to adult (Sales & Maia, 2013;Mesquita, 2013;Lima et al, 2018) values can vary from 70 to 80% of water present in the meat, corroborating with the results presented here since both wild tambaqui (≈ 79.8) and farmed tambaqui (≈ 76.5) had similar average moisture levels. Other species of fish such as pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg, 1887) (Ramos et al, 2008;Cortez et al, 2010;Zuanazzi et al, 2013), tilápia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758) (Cortez et al, 2010;Sales & Maia, 2012;Colpini et al, 2017) and piauçu (Leporinus microcephalus Garavello & Britski, 1988) (Lanzarin et al, 2017) showed the same pattern with moisture ranging from 60 to 80%, both for wild fish and for farmed fish.…”