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Piaractus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Characiformes

Scientific name
  
Piaractus

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Serrasalmidae

Higher classification
  
Serrasalmidae

Piaractus smallscaled pacu Piaractus mesopotamicus FactSheet

Lower classifications
  
Piaractus mesopotamicus, Piaractus brachypomus

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Piaractus is a genus of large serrasalmid from South America. The two recognized species of Piaractus are very similar in appearance and were formerly included in the genus Colossoma, which currently only contains another similar species, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum).

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Piaractus Image Piaractus brachypomus Cachama BioLibcz

Colossoma brachypomus piaractus brachypomus red bellied pacu


Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Piaractus brachypomus (G. Cuvier, 1818) (Pirapatinga)
  • Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) (small-scaled pacu)

  • Piaractus Image Piaractus brachypomus Cachama BioLibcz

    Piaractus Image Piaractus brachypomus Cachama BioLibcz

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    Piaractus Piaractus brachypomus Redbellied Pacu Seriously Fish

    References

    Piaractus Wikipedia