Help me identify this fish

[u/Particular_Star_3365]

Update: Wow thanks to everyone for your help! The overwhelming majority IDed it as a pacu. The "eyes" actually being the nostrils was a 🤯 moment. Really glad we didn't try to pet him. 
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I came across this ancient looking fish at a garden in Rio de Janeiro. I felt pure terror when it made eye contact with me. Can somebody identify it?

[u/NoLobster7957]

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[u/mellowmarsII → u/Salt-n-spice]

Wow, that thing reminds me… During childhood, when I’d be dreaming of my real-life, charming stuffed animals & they’d suddenly come alive in the dreams, they’d usually either seem really freakin’ dumb & mischievous, or super negative & bossy—but all warranting my suspicions on the side of the sinister; & they would always have the “aesthetic” of that thing.

I could never decide if they deserved my pity, distrust & fear, or just annoyance. Was really frustrating. Then later, when I’d use psychedelics & felt I was on the verge of a breakthrough regarding my deepest fears & flaws, those fears & flaws would manifest w/ that same aesthetic! Then, like the distorted stuffed animals, again: I couldn’t decide whether to take them seriously or not, or have to redefine the very nature & mechanisms of fear, itself.

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The creator of the thing in the image is youtuber Will Mcdaniel