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Characiformes (Characins) >
Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Colossomatinae
Etymology: Colossoma: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Taxonomic Remarks
See Machado-Allison 1982: 42, Géry 1986: 97 and Machado-Allison 1986: 2 for detailed description. See Goulding & Carvalho 1982 and Araujo Lima & Goulding 1997 for general biology and management. See Loubens & Panfili 1997 for growth biology.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; pH range: 5.0 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 20; potamodromo (Ref. 138143); distribuzione batimetrica 5 - ? m. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 15°S - 35°S
South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins as wild form; pisciculture form largely distributed in South America.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?, range 24 - ? cm
Max length : 108 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9987); peso massimo pubblicato: 40.0 kg (Ref. 72380)
This species is usually solitary. Adults stay in flooded forests during first 5 months of flooding and consume but fruits and grains. Young and juveniles live in black waters of flood plains until their sexual maturity. Adults feed on zooplankton, insects, snails and decaying plants (Ref. 32894). Used in aquaculture because it can live in mineral poor waters and is very resistant to diseases. Marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987).
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Traumatogenic
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01179 - 0.04249), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.23; Fec=7,000-300,000).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 43.6 [17.8, 103.8] mg/100g; Iron = 1.09 [0.51, 2.44] mg/100g; Protein = 17.6 [15.5, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.28 [0.10, 0.78] g/100g; Selenium = 125 [45, 312] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14 [4, 47] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.43 [0.94, 2.22] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.