piracatinga

Definitions

A species of catfish, Calophysus macropterus, endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.

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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.”

“Fishing for piracatinga often involves enclosing an entire decomposing carcass within a submerged corral into which the catfish are lured; the bigger the bait, the larger the catch⟳.”

“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 […] .”

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