noun
Meaning 1
A species of catfish, Calophysus macropterus, endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2012, Annual Report of the International Whaling Commission, International Whaling Commission, page 53, This year, it reiterated serious concerns that the population implications of the intentional killing of botos and tucuxis for use as bait in the piracatinga fishery in Brazil.
- 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.
- 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 [...] .
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vulture catfish, zamurito
Antonyms: none provided