Re: NANFA-L-- Fw: NAS Species Alert - Piaractus brachypomus


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Fw: NAS Species Alert - Piaractus brachypomus
From: Kenneth Quinn (mosasaur47-in-msn.com)
Date: Wed Nov 03 2004 - 20:16:20 CST


>I was really surprised by how wide-spread Pacu are in the US. I was also
>surprised

About 2 years ago the New Orleans newspaper ran a photo of a "piranha"
caught in a river on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was - of
course - a pacu.

Kenneth Quinn
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