Brazil country information

Common names: Bocó, Pirapitinga, Ruelo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Aquaculture: also experimental. Also Ref. 9987.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De Albuquerque, M.O., J.W.B. Siva and G. Kuvacs, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

黑盖巨脂鲤, Tambaqui, Gamitana, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Colossomatinae
Etymology: Colossoma: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Issue
See Machado-Allison 1982: 42, Géry 1986: 97 and Machado-Allison 1986: 2 for detailed description. See Goulding & Carvalho 1982 and Araujo Lima & Goulding 1997 for general biology and management. See Loubens & Panfili 1997 for growth biology.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico; pH range: 5.0 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 20; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 5 - ? m. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 15°S - 35°S

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins as wild form; pisciculture form largely distributed in South America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 24 - ? cm
Max length : 108 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9987); peso massimo pubblicato: 40.0 kg (Ref. 72380)

This species is usually solitary. Adults stay in flooded forests during first 5 months of flooding and consume but fruits and grains. Young and juveniles live in black waters of flood plains until their sexual maturity. Feeds on zooplankton, insects, snails and decaying plants (Ref. 32894). Used in aquaculture because it can live in mineral poor waters and is very resistant to diseases. Marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic

Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Acquario: Acquari pubblici

FAO(Aquaculture systems: production; pesca: production; publication : search) | FishSource |

Informazioni ulteriori

Trophic ecology
Prede
Diet compositions
Food consumptions
Food rations
Predatori

Ecology
Ecologia
Home ranges

Population dynamics
Growths
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversions
Recruitments
Abundances

Life cycle
Riproduzione
Maturities
Fecundities
Spawnings
Spawning aggregations
Egg(s)
Egg developments
Larve
Dinamica popolazioni larvali

Distribution
Stati
Aree FAO
Ecosystems
Presenze
Introduzioni
BRUVS - Videos

Anatomy
Gill areas
Cervelli
Otoliths

Physiology
Body compositions
Nutrients
Oxygen consumptions
Swimming type
Swimming speeds
Visual pigment(s)
Suoni dei Pesci
Diseases / Parasites
Toxicities (LC50s)

Genetics
Genetica
Electrophoreses
Heritabilities

Human related
Aquaculture systems
Profili di acquacoltura
Varietà
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.

Outreach
Collaboratori

Taxonomy
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Morfologia
Morfometria
Immagini

References
Bibliografia

Strumenti

Special reports

Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets

Download XML

Summary page | Point data | Nomi Comuni | Photos

Fonti Internet

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01185 - 0.04230), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.23; Fec=7,000-300,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Biologia Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

CITES (Ref. 128078)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

Informazioni ulteriori

Strumenti

Special reports

Download XML

Fonti Internet

Estimates based on models