Colossoma macropomum

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Characiformes
Family: 
Serrasalmidae
Sub-Family: 
Serrasalminae
Genus: 
Colossoma
Species: 
macropomum
Authority: 
Cuvier 1816

Diagnosis

Body_length: up to 1 meter

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
Generation: > 3 years (up to 40 years)

Feeding behaviour

Omnivorous
juveniles: Filter feeder

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Observation site(s)