Most of South America is occupied by tropical forests. The long Amazon River flows through the territory, where dangerous pennant piranhas are found. In Colombia and Panama you can meet the blue Akara. Unlike piranhas, these fish can get along with other species, they prefer stagnant waters. There are also such interesting fish in these parts as representatives of the armored family. They are found not only in the Amazon, but also in the Orinoco. Other representatives of piranhas brown pacu, which is not a predator and eats algae and nuts.
Akara blue
Akaricht Haeckel
American char
Apistogram panduro
Aravan
Arapaima
White-spotted agamixis
Bolivian butterfly
armored catfish
Other fish of South America
brown pacu
Venezuelan panaka
Pennant piranha
Ocellated astronotus
Ocellated stingray
blue neon
yellow neon
Blue catfish
Guasa
Two-spotted Astyanax
golden catfish
star ancistrus
star pristella
Zebra tetraodon
needle farlovella
emerald brochis
Kallicht
Dwarf nannostomus
spotted catfish
red pacu
Leopard catfish
lemon tetra
common piranha
common scalar
common river stingray
Pekoltiya
spotted galaxia
striped carnegiella
Pink Munchausia
leaf fish
Gray angelfish
scalar leopold
Ternetia
Mustachioed ancistor catfish
black aravana
Black knifemaker
black neon
black phantom
Conclusion
South America is home to dangerous fish such as piranhas and the plant-eating freshwater Venezuelan panaca. There is also Astronotus, another predator that eats worms and crustaceans. These individuals love places with a muddy bottom and can be found in the Rio Negro River. There are also unusual yellow neons that lead a herd lifestyle. A representative of stone perches also lives on this mainland, frightening in its own way guasa. They live off the coast of Brazil and Senegal.
