Yahoo

Invasive pacu, part of the piranha family, was found in Lake Meredith in Texas Panhandle

What is a Pacu fish? The Pacu is a South American freshwater fish that's related to piranha but has key differences. The fish is vegetarian and has teeth that look similar to those of humans. The Pacu ...
KVUE

Boy reels in invasive piranha-like fish from Oklahoma pond

OKLAHOMA, USA — A boy fishing in a neighborhood pond in Oklahoma found a surprise at the end of his line, officials said. When Charlie Clinton reeled in his line, he found a pacu fish, which is a ...
Miami Herald

Fish with human-like teeth caught in Texas lake, officials say. See the invasive species

Officials said they’ve encountered this species before after people who owned them as pets released them into Texas waters. Getty Images/iStockphoto An invasive fish species related to the piranha was ...
NPR

An 11-year-old boy caught a fish with 'human-like teeth' in an Oklahoma pond

Janna Clinton was sitting on her back porch watching her son Charlie, 11, fish in a pond behind their house in Oklahoma this past weekend when he suddenly started yelling for her. "He was screaming, ...
Outdoor Life

Watch: Florida Man Catches Unofficial State-Record Pacu from a Canal, Where Neighbors Feed It Daily

A barefoot Florida angler armed with sandwich bread may have managed the catch of a lifetime when he pulled a monster black pacu from a suburban Florida canal. In a YouTube video posted May 7, Mat ...
Newsweek

Oklahoma Boy Finds Piranha-like Fish in Pond: ‘Terrifying’

A young boy fishing in Oklahoma reeled in a surprise catch this weekend when he found a close relative of the piranha at the end of his line. The boy, an 11-year-old named Charlie Clinton, caught the ...