Black Pacu (Colossoma macropomum) Sizes:2"-3" inches but kept in aquaculture and

but kept in aquaculture and introduced elsewhere

Adults mainly eat fish

sometimes taking the form of a small Amerindian child whose feet are turned backwards

This Golden color morph has black eyes and a golden body

Bocon Catfish

Black Pacu (Colossoma macropomum) Sizes:2"-3" inches but kept in aquaculture andAlso known as 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).