Piaractus mesopotamicus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Piaractus
- Species
- Piaractus mesopotamicus
- Scientific Name
- Piaractus mesopotamicus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Piaractus mesopotamicus
Piaractus mesopotamicus, pirapitinga, the small-scaled pacu, Paraná River pacu or simply pacu (a name shared with other species), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the piranhas, pacus and related fishes. These fishes are endemic to the drainage basin of the Paraguay River in South America.
...Piaractus mesopotamicus in languages:
- Czech
- myletes jedlý
- English
- Small-scaled Pacu
- English
- Paraná River Pacu
- English
- Paraná Pacu
- Portuguese
- caranha
- Russian
- Паку
- Thai
- ปลาคู้เกล็ดเล็ก
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