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Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)

Pacu
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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

分類 / Names 共通名の | 類義語 | Catalog of Fishes(部類, ) | 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 生態学

; 新鮮な水 底生の; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 15°S - 38°S, 66°W - 42°W

分布 国々 | 国連食糧農業機関の区域 | エコシステム | 事件 | Point map | 導入 | Faunafri

South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin.

サイズ / 重さ / 年齢

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm SL オス/雌雄の選別がない; (Ref. 39031); 最大公表体重: 20.0 kg (Ref. 32894)

簡単な記述 検索表 | 形態学 | 形態計測学

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

生物学     用語集 (例 epibenthic)

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 | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 幼生

Assuming standard characid reproduction. Replace ASAP.

主な参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | コーディネーター | 協力者

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のレッドリストの状況は (Ref. 130435)

  絶滅危惧に近い (NT) (A2bcde); Date assessed: 21 December 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

人間に対する脅威

  Harmless




Human uses

水産業: 商業; 水産養殖: 商業
FAO(Aquaculture systems: 代謝; ; publication : search) | FishSource |

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Visual pigment(s)
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Toxicities (LC50s)
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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).
栄養段階 (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
回復力 (Ref. 120179):  高い, 15か月以下の倍増期間の最小個体群 (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
価格帯 (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.