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  • They include the giant pirarucu fish Arapaima gigas, pacu, Piaractus brachypomus, Metynnis and Mylossoma species, tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum, sardinha Triportheus angulatus which are all hunted, and the smaller carnivorous piranha Serrasalmus spp.

    Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

  • _A Lisbon Water-carrier_ earns about sixpence per day, the moiety of which serves to procure him his bread, his fried sardinha from a cook's stall, and a little light wine perhaps, on holidays, -- water being his general beverage, nay, one might almost say, his element.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 Various

  • These fish include the pacu (Metynnis and Mylossoma), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), sardinha (Triportheus angulatus), and the smaller carnivorous characin, the pirana (Serrasalmus spp.).

    Purus varzea 2008

  • Some of the largest fish are the pacu (Metynnis and Mylossoma), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), sardinha (Triportheus angulatus), and the smaller carnivorous pirana (Serrasalmus spp.).

    Gurupa varzea 2008

  • These fish include the pacu (Metynnis and Mylossoma), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), sardinha (Triportheus angulatus), and the smaller pirana (Serrasalmus spp.), a carnivorous characin.

    Iquitos varzea 2008

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