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Colossoma macropomum in Hawaii (USA)
Tambaqui

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Colossoma macropomum   (Cuvier, 1816)
Family:	Characidae (Characins) , subfamily: Serrasalminae			picture (Comac_u1.jpg) by Lovshin, L.
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Tambaqui
Max. size:	108 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 40.0 kg (Ref. 72380)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous; pH range: 5 - 7.80000019073486; dH range: 20 ; depth range - 5 m
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C; 15°S - 35°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23; Fec=7,000-300,000)
Distribution:	South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins as wild form; pisciculture form largely distributed in South America.
Biology:	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. Feeds 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)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	traumatogenic
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Géry, J.. 1977. (Ref. 598)
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Hawaii (USA) country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Eldredge, L.G., 1994
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Internet sources:	Alien/Invasive species database | BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | National databases | PubMed | Recipes | Scirus | Public aquariums | Tree of Life | Zoological Record FishWatcher | Other web sites |
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Casal, Christine Marie V.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07