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Serrasalmidae
Tambaqui / Cachama
Colossoma macropomum
One Hundred Eight Centimeters Serrasalmid Fish
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
LargeTambaqui / Cachama is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Colossoma
- Maximum length
- 108 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins as wild form; pisciculture form largely distributed in South America.
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