Scientific Name: Colossoma macropomum
Family: Characidae
We can find the Tambaqui in the Amazon basin (North Brazil).
It can reach 2.9 ft in length and can weigh up 99 lb, but in nowadays it’s very difficult to find one of this size due to over fishing. Despite that, Tambaqui is considered the second biggest fish of the Amazon basin, after the Pirarucu.
Its teeth, just like Pacu, are used to cut through grains, seeds, coconuts, crustaceans, mollusk, etc.
The species migrates for reproduction. They usually spawn in muddy areas of the riv
ers and during this period, they never feed on anything, living off accumulated fat.