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Piaractus
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Piaractus

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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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Red-bellied Pacu

speciesPiaractus brachypomus

Small-scaled Pacu

speciesPiaractus mesopotamicus

Venezuelan Pacu

speciesPiaractus orinoquensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91072.