Piaractus mesopotamicus

Piaractus mesopotamicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Piaractus
Species: Piaractus mesopotamicus

Name

Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)

Synonyms

• Myletes edulis
• Myletes mesopotamicus
• Colossoma mitrei
• Colossoma canterai

References

• Piaractus mesopotamicus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Pacú, Pez chato, Mbiraí, Piraí
日本語: コロソマ
português: Pacu, Caranha