They are a carnivorous species, that feed on a wide variety of fish, carrion, invertebrates, and other aquatic animals.
The name Cariba means cannibal in native language, and comes from the people of the Island Caribs who had a reputation as warriors who raided neighboring islands, and practiced cannibalism, according to the Spanish conquistadors. This species has very high propensity for cannibalism among its species.
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^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pygocentrus cariba" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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pygocentrus, cariba, black, spot, piranha, species, piranha, native, orinoco, river, basin, lowlands, llanos, region, venezuela, colombia, this, species, reach, total, length, centimetres, popular, game, fish, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom. Pygocentrus cariba or black spot piranha is a species of piranha native to the Orinoco River basin lowlands and the Llanos region in Venezuela and Colombia This species can reach a total length of 27 9 centimetres 11 0 in It is popular as a game fish 1 Pygocentrus caribaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder CharaciformesFamily SerrasalmidaeGenus PygocentrusSpecies P caribaBinomial namePygocentrus cariba Humboldt 1821 They are a carnivorous species that feed on a wide variety of fish carrion invertebrates and other aquatic animals The name Cariba means cannibal in native language and comes from the people of the Island Caribs who had a reputation as warriors who raided neighboring islands and practiced cannibalism according to the Spanish conquistadors This species has very high propensity for cannibalism among its species References edit Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2013 Pygocentrus cariba in FishBase April 2013 version nbsp This Characiformes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pygocentrus cariba amp oldid 1124415248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
