Taxon profile

species

Blackfin Pacu
Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Characiformes » family Characidae - characins

Scientific synonyms

Colosomma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)
Colossoma macropodum (Cuvier, 1816)
Colossoma nigripinne (Cope, 1878)
Colossoma nigripinnis
Colossoma oculus (Cope, 1872)
Colossoma tambaqui (Amaral Campos, 1946)
Colossoma tombaqui (Amaral Campos, 1946)
Melloina tambaqui Amaral Campos, 1946
Myletes macropomus Cuvier, 1816
Myletes nigripinnis Cope, 1878

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Other names

= Cachama
= Tambaquí

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Links and literature

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/5859] [as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17

ARKive [/tambaqui/colossoma-macropomum/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16

FishBase [263]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

Veríssimo, S.; C. S. Pavanelli; H. A. Britski; M. M. M. Moreira. (2005): Fish, Manso Reservior region of influence, Rio Paraguai basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. [http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL002...], Check List 1(1):1-9PDF [as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)]

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