Piranha Relative

Piranha Relative

We decided to take a boat ride today to find some fish today! These funny round relatives of the piranha do not have the reputation of their cousins, but they’re no less cool!

Pacu Fun Facts: 

• Pacu are a fresh water fish.
• They are herbivores and feed on aquatic plants.
• They are famous for their square teeth that resemble human teeth.
• Pacu can grow up to 3 1/2 feet and weigh up to 88 lbs.
• Some of them have red on their bellies and some of them do not.

These fish are popular in the aquarium trade. Unfortunately they can be dumped in local rivers where they are not native. They can interrupt a local ecosystem though.