Piramutaba

Categoria de comprimento:  Medium (40-100 cm)

Nível trópico:  Predator-fish

Padrão migratório:  Long Distance (1,000 km +)

Período de desova:  All periods

Mercado de exportação:  International (outside South America)

Status do mercado:  Second class

Distribuição de capturas:

Piramutaba potential yield was estimated to be 22,150 tons. The Estuary region (77%) accounts for most of the catch, followed by Central Amazon (15%), Peruvian Amazon (6%) and Brazilian-Colombian-Peruvian Border (4%).

Notas de História Natural:

The piramutaba is most abundant in the freshwater part of the estuary but adults migrate upstream to spawn in the western Amazon, and perhaps even in the Andean foothills as schools have recently been discovered there. Adult piramutaba are piscivorous whereas young eat fish and shrimp in the estuary.