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Piaractus
Sign in to savePiaractus is a genus of large serrasalmid from South America. The two traditionally 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). A third Piaractus was described in 2019 as a new species, which was formerly considered a subpopulation of P. brachypomus.
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Red-bellied Pacu
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilySerrasalmidae
Piaractus ist eine Gattung der Sägesalmler aus dem tropischen Südamerika. Die Wortbedeutung der Gattung Piaractus kommt aus dem Altgriechischen und bedeutet so viel wie piar πιαρ - Fett und aktos ἄκτος, - tragen, also Fettträger.
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Piaractus is a genus of large serrasalmid from South America. The two traditionally 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). A third Piaractus was described in 2019 as a new species, which was formerly considered a subpopulation of P. brachypomus.
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Piaractus brachypomus (G. Cuvier, 1818) (Pirapatinga or red-bellied pacu) Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) (small-scaled pacu or Paraná River pacu) Piaractus orinoquensis Escobar et al., 2019
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