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Serrasalmidae
Pacu
Piaractus mesopotamicus
Fifty Centimeters Serrasalmid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
MediumPacu is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Piaractus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin.
Class
Family
