Colossoma macropomum

Colossoma macropomum

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: Colossoma
Species: Colossoma macropomum

Name

Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)

Synonyms

• Colossoma marcopomum (Cuvier, 1818)
• Colossoma nigripinnis (Cope, 1878)
• Colossoma oculus (Cope, 1872)
• Myletes nigripinnis Cope, 1878
• Myletes oculus Cope, 1872
• Piaractus nigripinnis (Cope, 1878)
• Melloina tambaqui Amaral Campos, 1946

References

• Colossoma macropomum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Tambaqui, Black pacu
magyar: Gyümölcsevő piranha
português: Tambaqui
ไทย: ปลาคู้ดำ, ปลาเปคูดำ

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