Caracterização física, química e microbiológica do mapará (Hypophthalmus edentatus).

Abstract

The objective of the work was to characterize mapará (Hypophthalmus eclematus) as the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics. The 25 units of Mapará had been characterized from city of Santarém, the State of Para and carried to the Physical Measures Laboratory of the State University of Campinas. Microbiological analysis of fecal Coliforms Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus was carried through. The physico-chemical characterizations had been carried through as weight, length, width, thickness, moisture content, lipids, proteins and ashes. The fish had presented average values of 676.46g, 42.00m, 13.210m and 3.76cm of weight, length, width and thickness, respectively. The average values of the composition of the fish had been 640% of moisture content, 17.3% lipids, 16.45% proteins and 0.81% ashes. The microbiological results had proven that the fish were below the limits demanded by the Brazilian Legislation