Categoría de longitud: Small (<40 cm)
Nivel trópico: Omnivores
Patrón Migratorio: Medium Distance (100-1,000 km)
Período de desove: Rising
Mercado de exportación: Regional (in Amazon)
Estado del mercado: Second class
Distribución de capturas:
Pacu potential yield was estimated to be approximately 7,300 tons. The Central Amazon (75%) is the most important region, followed by the Peruvian Amazon (13%).
Notas de historia natural:
The pacu group of commercial fishes includes species of Mylossoma, Myleus and Metynnis. Mylossoma duriventre and Mylossoma aureus are the most important commercial species. Pacus are omnivorous, with a preference for fruits and seeds. Mylossoma species live in whitewater and clearwater rivers but are usually missing from blackwater rivers where the other pacu genera are abundant. Mylossoma species are also migratory and form large schools in whitewater and clearwater rivers.
Bolivia | |
Pacupeba | Metynnis hypsauchen |
Pacupeba | Mylossoma aureum |
Pacupeba | Mylossoma duriventre |
Pacu-peva | Mylossoma duriventre |
Pacu-jumento | Myleus schomburgkii |
Pacu-branco | Myleus torquatus |
Pacu-comum | Mylossoma duriventre |
Pacu-manteiga | Mylossoma duriventre |
Pacu-marreca | Metynnis argenteus |
Pacu-galo | Myleus rubripinnis |
Pacu-marreca | Metynnis hypsauchen |
Pacu-de-renda | Mylossoma aureum |
Pacu-comum | Mylossoma aureum |
Pacuí | Mylossoma aureum |
Pacu-manteiga | Mylossoma aureum |
Catirina | Catoprion mento |
Pacu-piranha | Catoprion mento |
Colombia | |
Moneda | Metynnis argenteus |
Moneda | Metynnis hypsauchen |
Gancho-rojo | Myleus rubripinnis |
Garopa | Myleus rubripinnis |
Palometa | Mylossoma aureum |
Garopa | Mylossoma duriventre |
Garopita | Mylossoma aureum |
Palometa | Mylossoma duriventre |
Ecuador | |
Palometa | Mylossoma aureum |
Sabaletín | Mylossoma duriventre |
Sardinita | Myleus rubripinnis |
Peru | |
Palometa | Myleus rubripinnis |
Palometa-kuruhuara | Myleus rubripinnis |
Palometa | Metynnis hypsauchen |
Palometa | Metynnis argenteus |
Palometa | Mylossoma aureum |
Palometa | Mylossoma duriventre |