Tambaqui: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the tambaqui lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Colossoma macropomum
Group	Bony fish
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Characiformes
Family	Serrasalmidae

Where does the tambaqui live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tambaqui in 4 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Uarini. In Bolivia (Plurinational State of) it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Colombia
Brazil
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (introduced)
United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the tambaqui?

The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a ray-finned fish in the order Characiformes and the family Serrasalmidae, genus Colossoma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tambaqui

The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is native to tropical South America, but kept in aquaculture and introduced elsewhere. It is also known by the names black pacu, black-finned pacu, giant pacu, cachama, gamitana, and sometimes as pacu (a name used for several other related species).

The tambaqui is currently the only member of Colossoma, but the Piaractus species were also included in this genus in the past.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tambaqui (revision 1369644599), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q261202 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).