| Specimen ID | 29778 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Piaractus |
| Species | brachypomus |
| Common Name | pirapitinga, red-bellied pacu |
| State | CA |
| County | Fresno |
| Locality | San Joaquin River |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla |
| HUC8 Number | 18040001 |
| Map | |
| Collection Day | 4 |
| Collection Month | 7 |
| Collection Year | 1987 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 497 |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Title: | Piranha found in San Joaquin River. |
| Publisher: | Monterey Peninsula Herald |
| Issue: | 7 July 1987 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 498 |
| Author: | Gordon, B. |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Title: | Piranhas caught in Fresno County. |
| Publisher: | San Francisco Chronicle - 8 July 1987 |
| Pages: | 31 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 1577 |
| Author: | Dill, W.A., and A.J. Cordone. |
| Date: | 1997 |
| Title: | History and status of introduced fishes in California, 1871-1996. Fish Bulletin 178 |
| Publisher: | California Department of Fish and Game |
| Pages: | 414 pp |
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| Reference 4 |
| Ref. Number: | 20826 |
| Author: | California Academy of Sciences. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Title: | California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology Collection Database. |
| Publisher: | California Academy of Sciences. |
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| Comments | Newspapers reported the fish as piranha. According to reports others have been hooked and lost in the same area. Probably a pacu, however. May = Record 808. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Disposal | California Academy of Sciences ichthyology collection |
| Museum Cat Number | CAS 76506 |
| Verifier | Dr. Robert N. Lea, USC/Leo Nico-NFRC-G |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Number Preserved | 1 |
