Piaractus mesopotamicus

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Characiformes
Family: 
Serrasalmidae
Sub-Family: 
Serrasalminae
Genus: 
Piaractus
Species: 
mesopotamicus
Authority: 
Holmberg 1887

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Diagnosis

Body_length: up to 45 cm

Etymology

Piaractus: Greek, piar = fat, the side with grease of a body + Greek, aktos , ago = to carry

Ecology

Substrate:water
Salinity: freshwater

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual

Feeding behaviour

Omnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Piscinoodinium pillulare Sao Paulo Barretos M. L. Martins, Moraes, J. R. E., Andrade, P. M., Schalch, S. H. C., and Moraes, F. R., “Piscinoodinium pillulare (SCHÄPERCLAUS, 1954) LOM, 1981 (DINOFLAGELLIDA) INFECTION IN CULTIVATED FRESHWATER FISH FROM THE NORTHEAST REGION OF SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL. PARASITOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS”, Braz. J. Biol., vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 639-644, 2001.