Piaractus brachypomus, Pirapitinga : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium

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Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)

Pirapitinga
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Bolivia country information

Common names: Tambaqui
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 39031). Recorded from the Mamore basin (Ref. 39139).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Loubens, G. and J. Panfili, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pirapatinga, Cachama blanca, 短盖巨脂鲤, ... 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.
More on author: Cuvier.

Issue
See Loubens & Panfili (2001:51) for growth biology.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce pelágico; pH range: 4.8 - 6.8; dH range: ? - 15. Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 23°N - 11°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 39031). Reported from Argentina (Ref. 9086).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?, range 52 - ? cm
Max length : 88.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); peso máximo publicado: 25.0 kg (Ref. 2060); edad máxima reportada: 28 años (Ref. 39139)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Juveniles mimic Serrasalmus nattereri. Feeds on insects and decaying plants (Ref. 32894). Possesses powerful dentition that can cause serious bites (Ref. 4537). An important foodfish (Ref. 12202).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Assuming standard charicid mode of reproduction. Replace ASAP.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial
FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción; pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource |

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Bio-Quiz | E-book | Guía de campo | Asistente para frecuencias de tallas | Herramienta de ciclo de vida | Mapa de puntos | Catch-MSY |

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Fuentes de Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Alien/Invasive Species database | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción; pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | Bases de datos nacionales | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Acuarios públicos | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03090 (0.02263 - 0.04219), b=3.00 (2.91 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.5   ±0.22 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (tm=7; tmax=28).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (55 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 51 [19, 129] mg/100g; Iron = 1.42 [0.63, 3.27] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.2, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.314 [0.107, 0.926] g/100g; Selenium = 79 [26, 194] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.7 [4.5, 71.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.59 [1.02, 2.56] mg/100g (wet weight);