Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Characiformes
- family
- Serrasalmidae
- genus
- Piaractus
- species
- Piaractus brachypomus
Name
- Synonyms
- Colossoma bidens (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
- Colossoma brachypomum (Cuvier, 1818)
- Colossoma branchypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
- Colossoma paco (Humboldt, 1821)
- Myletes bidens Spix & Agassiz, 1829
- Myletes brachypomus Cuvier, 1818
- Myletes paco Humboldt, 1821
- Piaractus briachypumus (Cuvier, 1818)
- Reganina bidens (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
- Salmo pacu Kner, 1860
- Wateina fowleri Amaral Campos, 1946
- Homonyms
- Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
- Common names
- Pacu in Portuguese
- Pacu-caranha in Portuguese
- Pirapitinga in Portuguese
- Tambaqui, Caaranha, Pirapitinga in Portuguese
- pirapatinga in language.
- Pirapitinga in Portuguese
- pirapitinga in Swedish
- Cachama in Spanish
- Pacu in Portuguese
- Pacu-caranha in Portuguese
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