Piramutaba

Piramutaba
August 26, 2015 AmazCitSci

Length Category:  Medium (40-100 cm)

Trophic Level:  Predator-fish

Migratory Pattern:  Long Distance (1,000 km +)

Spawning Period:  All periods

Export Market:  International (outside South America)

Market Status:  Second class

Catch Distribution:

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%).

Natural History Notes:

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.

Distribution of of piramutaba catch.

Brazil
Piramutaba Brachyptalystoma vaillantii
Mulher-ingrata Brachyptalystoma vaillantii
Colombia
Blanco-pobre Brachyptalystoma vaillantii
Pirabutón Brachyptalystoma vaillantii
Ecuador
Bagre Brachyptalystoma vaillantii
Peru
Manitoa Brachyptalystoma vaillantii