At the end of August, this strange fish was caught by an angler at Lake Meredith in Sanford, Texas. Apparently, the fish was ...

The a-pacu-lypse is upon us. As if US waterways weren’t teeming with enough invasive fish of late, a Texas angler caught a South American piranha relative with “human teeth” at a local lake ...

Officials said they’ve encountered this species before after people who owned them as pets released them into Texas waters.

These vegetarian fish can grow up to three and a half ... Unlike the jagged, sharp teeth of their piranha relatives, pacu “have teeth that look similar to human teeth,” officials said.

The pacu fish was caught at the lake near Amarillo ... and they have square, straight teeth that “look startlingly like human teeth.” READ MORE: 'Your worst nightmares': Stinging fireworms ...

Pacu mainly feed on plant material and also like to munch on seeds and nuts, which is why they have teeth that "look similar to human teeth," according to the museum. Staff believe the fish was ...

What to do if one stings 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 ...

What to do if one stings 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 ...

A resident in the Texas Panhandle caught in a local lake an invasive fish species that's part of the piranha family. The invasive pacu fish was captured Tuesday at the Lake Meredith National ...