Pacu
scientific name
Colossoma bidens
size
Length: 24-28 in
diet
Wild: herbivore " decaying plants, fruit that falls off trees
habitat/range
Habitat: slow waters in rain-forest
Range: middle-upper Amazon River in Brazil and Peru, Orinoco Basin
status
CITES App I " due to habitat destruction; " Asian pet trade = serious threat; also different parts are believed to be potent medicines, esp. gallbladders " SSP " studbook participant " TAG
other
important food fish " have powerful teeth that can cause serious bites " cousin of the piranha juveniles often mistaken for piranhas
oregon zoo exhibit