Golden Dorado are piscivores, eating a wide variety of prey fish. One of the dorado's favorite prey are sabalo, a type of schooling fish typically 1-4 kg in weight.
Golden Dorado live in the warm waters of the La Plata Basinand the Amazon systems in South America, specifically in Brazil (where it's called Dourado - from Ouro, the Portuguese for Gold) Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia, and also in the São Francisco River system in Brazil. The Golden Dorado is highly sought-after by anglers, both for its delicious taste and fighting ability.







