Species

Pacu

Fish

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Pacu." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pacu.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Pacu. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pacu

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-pacu,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Pacu},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pacu},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Pacu is a common name for several species of omnivorous South American freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae, related to piranhas. Unlike piranhas, pacu have squarer, straighter teeth and a less pronounced underbite, feed mainly on plant material rather than flesh, and can grow much larger, reaching up to 1.08 meters in length and 40 kilograms in weight.

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