Disk tetra
Myloplus schomburgkii
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The disk pacu has a black vertical bar on its flank. It lives in the middle and lower Amazon and upper Orinoco. It can bite seriously. It reaches about 40 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Myloplus schomburgkii
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Myletes palometa, Myletes schomburgkii, Myleus schomburgkii, Tetragonopterus schomburgkii
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 5–7
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 42 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Not evaluated (NE)
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