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Tambaqui

Colossoma macropomum

Photo by Nicholas4
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Black matte body fairly chunky and ominous looking..

Habitat:

Bronx Zoo

Notes:

Looks like a piranha

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Tambaqui

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Tambaqui

Colossoma macropomum

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Comments (2)
Little Rex
Yep, it does look like a piranha, and a huge one at that!

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PublishedDecember 28, 2011

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