Brazil country information

Common names: Caranha, Pacu, Pacu branco
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Silvano, R.A.M. and A. Begossi, 2001
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref: Silvano, R.A.M. and A. Begossi, 2001
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Lovshin, L.L., 1995
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in Piracicaba river (Ref. 50076). Widely farmed in Southern Brazil (Ref. 32894).
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: Lovshin, L.L., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Paco, 细鳞肥脂鲤, Pacu caranha, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Colossomatinae
Etymology: Piaractus: Greek, piar = fat, the side with grease of a body + Greek, aktos , ago = to carry.

Issue
See Géry (1986: 102) for more detail.

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

; agua dulce demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 15°S - 38°S, 66°W - 42°W

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South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 39031); peso máximo publicado: 20.0 kg (Ref. 32894)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Dark grey to silver dorsally and laterally and white ventrally with a yellow breast.

Invades the flooded forests to feed on nuts and seeds which fall from trees (Ref. 32894). Reaches around 50.0 cm SL (Ref. 81048).

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Assuming standard characid reproduction. Replace ASAP.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Lovshin, L.L., 1995. The colossomids. p. 153-159. In C.E. Nash and A.J. Novotny (eds.) World animal science: production of aquatic animals: fishes. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Ref. 32894)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (A2bcde); Date assessed: 21 December 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial

FAO(Aquaculture systems: producción; ; publication : search) | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02455 (0.01070 - 0.05632), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)