Tambaqui
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The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is native to tropical South America, but kept in aquaculture and introduced elsewhere.[1] It is also known by the names black pacu, black-finned pacu, giant pacu, cachama, gamitana, and sometimes as pacu (a name used for several other related species).
Quick Facts Tambaqui Temporal range: Miocene - recent, Scientific classification ...
Tambaqui Temporal range: Miocene - recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Serrasalmidae |
Genus: | Colossoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 |
Species: | C. macropomum |
Binomial name | |
Colossoma macropomum (G. Cuvier, 1818) | |
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The tambaqui is currently the only member of Colossoma, but the Piaractus species were also included in this genus in the past.[2]