Amazing Creatures - Pacu Fish

6 Nov 2019

Amazing Creatures – Pacu Fish

Amazing Creatures – Pacu FishWe have read about amazing creatures like Tunabot who is the first robot fish and the Blobfish.

Now today, let us read about Pacu Fish.

Pacus are a large family of freshwater fish.
 	Pacu fish are found in South America in places like the Amazon River, Orinoco River, São Francisco River, etc.
 	They are omnivores (they eat both plants & animals). They can eat seeds, nuts, plants, smaller fishes and snails.
 	What is amazing about them is that their teeth are square-shaped and look like human teeth!

Pacu fish usually come in colours like silver, grey, black and white.

An adult Pacu can be 30 inches long and can be kept as pets in a pond or a big tank.
 	The smallest of the group is the silver mylossoma, which is 10 inches long and the largest is black pacu, which can grow up to 40 inches long.

Pacu fish are very strong fishes and powerful fighters. In 2001, two fishermen reported incidents of been bitten by a pacu fish. So, be careful when you go see these amazing fishes!

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Comments: 2

Maahi says:

6 November 2019 at 9:50 pm

That’s so amazing fish

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- curioustimes says:
  
  7 November 2019 at 10:44 am
  
  Hello Maahi
  
  Thanks, indeed Pacu is an amazing fish. Do share with us, if you know of any other fish or sea organism.
  
  Stay curious!
  
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