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    The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is native to tropical South America, but kept...
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  • gender: the all-female Jaburu (named for a native stork) and the all-male Tambaqui (a native fish). They were eventually merged into the Jacaré (Portuguese...
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    others. In general, its behavior resembles that of the closely related tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). It is migratory, but the pattern is poorly understood...
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    tooth of the inner row (third tooth), such an arrangement is seen in the Tambaqui for instance, a zig-zag pattern of five teeth (like in Catoprion) or a...
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    The tambaqui, an important species in Amazonian fisheries, breeds in the Amazon River...
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    Brachyplatystoma, which perform long breeding migrations up the Amazon), arapaima and tambaqui, and is also home to many species that are important in the aquarium trade...
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    dependent on leaves." Some species of fish are frugivorous, such as the tambaqui. Since seed dispersal allows plant species to disperse to other areas,...
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    Mylossoma, Mylesinus and Myleus genera. Colossoma macropomum are known as tambaqui, whereas Piaractus brachypomus is known as pirapitinga. In Peru, both of...
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    menu of a wide variety of species of Amazonian fish, such as pirarucu, tambaqui, jaú, piramutaba, among other species; a huge menu of fruits, such as the...
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    Colossoma, which currently only contains another similar species, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). A third Piaractus was described in 2019 as a new...
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  • seenghala Spotted bass Spotted galaxias Squalius cephalus Sterlet Striped bass Tambaqui Tench Texas cichlid Tiger muskellunge Tor putitora Tor tor Trout cod Vundu...
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    activities directly compete with the dolphins for the same fish species, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and the pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus), resulting...
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    Goulding, M.; Carvalho, M. L. (1982). "Life history and management of the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum, Characidae): an important Amazonian food fish"....
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  • appeared on Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. Originally assigned to the all-male Tambaqui tribe, Cesternino opted to keep a low profile early in the game, following...
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    piranhas. Carnivorous species can grow up to 0.43 m (1.4 ft), although the Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), at up to 1 m (3.3 ft) and 32.4 kg (71 lb), is often...
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  • sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum) Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) Yellow-spotted...
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    (1.553 mi) of total extension. You can visit islands, fishing Cichla or Tambaqui and see natural beauties that you can only find in Amazon. The historical...
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    snowflake moray, spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish, spotted unicornfish, tambaqui, Vlamingii tang, white-spotted puffer and zebra moray. The Twilight Cave...
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    South America. The most commonly fished and consumed species are pacú, tambaquí, surubí, palometa (a type of piranha), sábalo, bagre (catfish), and blanquillo...
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    activities directly compete with the dolphins for the same fish species, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and the pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus), resulting...
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    gyrinus Y Y Taillight shiner Notropis maculatus Y Y Tamasaba Sabao Y Y Tambaqui Colossoma macropomum Y Y Tamuatá Hoplosternum littorale Y Y Tessellated...
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    turtle Southern Pacific rattlesnake Speckled kingsnake Sudan plated lizard Tambaqui Texas rat snake Three-toed box turtle Tree-crevice skink Western diamondback...
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    important species in Amazonian fisheries rely on whitewater for breeding: The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), black prochilodus (Prochilodus nigricans) and Semaprochilodus...
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    main fish are the pacu, peacock bass, surubi, matrinxã, redtail catfish, tambaqui, acará, mandi, cachorra, piranha, traíra, piraíba, arowana and many other...
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    invertebrates), and in their ecology they generally resemble the larger tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Mylossoma reach up to 28.5 cm (11.2 in) in length...
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    already been research on its effects and ways to mitigate it in species like tambaqui or blunt snout bream. Along with camels, goats are more resilient to drought...
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  • feeding habits are not particularly restricted to the surface. In the tambaqui, a South American species, exposure to hypoxia induces within hours the...
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  • Giganhinga roaming the waterways of South America accompanied by a Tambaqui....
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    Phractocephalus and Callichthyidae, characids such as Acregoliath rancii and the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)...
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  • the pirarucu (the world's largest freshwater fish),[citation needed] and tambaqui. Smaller fishes such as surubim, curimatã, jaraqui, acari and tucunaré...
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