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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
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; potamodrome (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 15°S - 38°S, 66°W - 42°W
South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 39031); poids max. publié: 20.0 kg (Ref. 32894)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Assuming standard characid reproduction. Replace ASAP.
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquaculture: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 76.1 [25.1, 186.6] mg/100g; Iron = 1.76 [0.87, 4.38] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.522 [0.209, 1.343] g/100g; Selenium = 42.4 [16.5, 105.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.7 [2.3, 31.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.13 [0.75, 1.83] mg/100g (wet weight);