An analysis of the concentratlons of potassiurn, sodium. calcium. magnesiurn. tron, proteíns and fat, was made in the muscular tissue of the líned catftsh PseUliop laiystomajasciatLtm from the middle Orlnoco ínVenezuela, as a contribu tlon to the knowledge ofthe ecofisiology ofthe species and ofits importance from the nutritious point ofview. The salts were analyzed by Espectrofotometria ofAtomic AbsorpUon with fIame of air-acetylene and correction ofdeuterium bottom, usi...