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  • These fish include pacus (Metynnis and Mylossoma), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), pirarucus (Arapaima gigas), and sardinhas (Triportheus angulatus).

    Marajó varzea 2008

  • 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

  • The economy is based on manioc cultivation and small farms, fishing for pirarucu and tambaqui, forest products and some hunting.

    Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

  • Stuffed into the opposite side of the booth, Hyaki was mooting whether to order the tambaqui and chips or fejoada with barbecued capybara.

    The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

  • Uses enormous amounts of crunch tambaqui-a very large, very tasty fish from the Amazon basin tecant-a technological savant, i.e., a technical talent Tico/Tica-a nickname for male/female residents of Costa Rica todos'that's all tortuga'turtle.

    The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

  • Several fish species call the region home, such as the giant Arapaima or Pirarucu, the Black Pacu (tambaqui), Catfish like Surubim, Dourada, and Filhote.

    WWF - Environmental News 2009

  • 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

  • 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

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