(CBS) NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. A father and son from the New England city of North Attleboro have quite the fish tale: The pair caught a foot-long pacu in the Hoppin Hill Reservoir on Sunday.
Pacu have large teeth and are native to South America, reports CBS affiliate WBZ-TV.
Ted Lachappelle was on the reservoir with his 12-year-old son Eddie.
"It's the weirdest looking thing," Lachappelle told the Attleboro Sun Chronicle. "It kind of looks like a piranha. It actually has human-type teeth on the bottom and needle-like teeth on the top."
This pacu was white with a red underbelly and weighed about a pound.
Lachappelle was told by Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife that the pacu was probably dumped from someone's aquarium into the reservoir.
The Lachappelles have the fish in a freezer bag. The Fisheries and Wildlife are sending someone out to pick it up.
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