piracatinga

Noun

 * 1)  A species of catfish,, endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
 * 2) * 2012, Annual Report of the 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.
 * 1) * 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 has become the most severe threat to the species.
 * 1) * 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, a scavenging catfish caught in anchored traps baited with, among other things, the flesh and blubber of botos.
 * 1) * 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, a scavenging catfish caught in anchored traps baited with, among other things, the flesh and blubber of botos.

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