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Serrasalmidae
Pirapitinga
Piaractus brachypomus
Eighty Eight Centimeters Serrasalmid Fish of the Orinoco Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
LargePirapitinga is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Piaractus
- Maximum length
- 88 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ref. 39031 ). Reported from Argentina (Ref. 9086 ).
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