piracatinga
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
piracatinga (plural piracatinga)
- (zoology) A species of catfish, Calophysus macropterus, endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
- Synonyms: vulture catfish, zamurito
- 2012, Annual Report of the International Whaling Commission, International Whaling Commission, page 53,
- 2017, Vera M. F. da Silva, Anthony R. Martin, Amazon River Dolphin: Inia geoffrensis, article in Bernd Würsig, J. G. M. Thewissen, Kit M. Kovacs (editors), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 23,
- Since the mid-1990s, a directed hunt to provide bait to catch a scavenging catfish called locally piracatinga or mota (Calophysus macropterus) has become the most severe threat to the species.
- 2020, David Dudgeon, Freshwater Biodiversity, Cambridge University Press, page 105:
- Fishing for piracatinga often involves enclosing an entire decomposing carcass within a submerged corral into which the catfish are lured; the bigger the bait, the larger the catch.
- 2022, Randall R. Reeves, Chapter 1: Cetacean Conservation and Management Strategies, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Bernd Würsig (editors), Marine Mammals, Springer, page 16,
- […] an exploding regional market for piracatinga (Calophysus macropterus), a scavenging catfish caught in anchored traps baited with, among other things, the flesh and blubber of botos […] .
Translations[edit]
Calophysus macropterus
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