Common names: Bodeco, Pira urucu, Pirarucu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J.A.S. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1998
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Regulations: restricted | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50891). Much appreciated food fish. Overfished in 1998. Catch prohibited from November to March (Ref. 27548). Also Ref. 1739.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J.A.S. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1998
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