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A giant fish that eat wood is found in Peru Peruvian

Experts consider the conservation status of a species of giant fish that eat wood, identified recently by a foreign scientific expedition in the jungles of Peru, informed the head of the Alto Purus National Park, Arsenio Calle.

the fish was discovered during an expedition last August "is a rare species that warrants further studies to determine their conservation status, and habitat characteristics, which could be achieved with the implementation of a monitoring," Street said the state news agency Andina.

He said to wait until next year to perform this study during the months of July to September, during which the rivers empty due to lack of rain.

This fish was discovered during an expedition in Alto Purus from 21 July to 3 August to identify aquatic life in rivers Purus and Yurús, which was funded the National Science Foundation (NSF acronym English) from USA.

The fish is 70 cm long and spoon shaped teeth next December for publication in the formal description of this fish which is about 70 inches long, spoon-shaped teeth to scrape off the trunks of the trees that fall into rivers, dentition pattern typical of wood-eating fish.

This species of fish was known to carachama giant by the indigenous inhabitants of the area, those who hunt for food.

"The carachama feeds on crustaceans, detritus, plant debris and algae that is at the bottom of the lakes (lakes) and river, and decaying wood by water. He has a feeding habits than the rest of his competition, "said the head of Alto Purus National Park.

believes there are a dozen species maderaCalle eating fish added that similar species were found earlier in the jungle region of San Martín in northeastern Peru, by scientists of the country.

believes there are about a dozen species of fish that eat wood distributed in large river basins in South America.

Alto Purus National Park, home to some indigenous people in voluntary isolation and a variety of the world's largest bird, is among the regions of Madre de Dios and Ucayali in the Peruvian jungle border with Brazil.