Name - Piaractus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1403994 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Piaractus Eigenmann 1903

• Piaractus Eigenmann

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Recent Publications

• Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) at risk? Total mercury and methylmercury levels in fish and otter scats, Peru.
• [Rearing of Colossoma and Piaractus in Brazil. Second meeting of the Colossoma and Piaractus working group. Pirassununga/SP, 13th to 15th August 1991: proceedings.]
• [Introduction of the hybrid fish, Colossoma X Piaractus, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Characidae - Serrasalminae).]
• First records of the yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis, a loricariid catfish, Panaque suttonorum, and a silver pacu, Piaractus cf. P. brachypomus, in British Columbia.
• Fishing-down within populations harms seed dispersal mutualism.

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