The Serrasalmidae (serrasalmids) are a family of characiform fishes, recently[when?] elevated to family status. It includes more than 90 species. The...

[piˈɾaɲa]) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the family Serrasalmidae, or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae...

size and piranha, a common name for typically carnivorous members of Serrasalmidae. The word piranha itself is a Portuguese merging of words originating...

mostly in the genus Metynnis, tropical fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae which are closely related to piranha and pacu. Most commonly, the name...

Pygocentrus is a genus of the piranha family Serrasalmidae. All species are native to tropical and subtropical South America. All the species are predatory...

currently further classified into the family Serrasalmidae (formerly a subfamily of Characidae). Serrasalmidae means "serrated salmon family" and refers...

a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a piranha from the family Serrasalmidae. It is found in northern South America. It is the type species of the...

popular aquarium fish. The red-bellied piranha belongs to the family Serrasalmidae, which is a group of medium to large-sized characids and includes other...

middle cusp, making the teeth appear triangular. Within the family Serrasalmidae, P. denticulata is more closely related to Catoprion than it is to the...

Myloplus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in tropical and subtropical South America, where they inhabit rivers and streams...

and Central America. The red-bellied piranha, a member of the family Serrasalmidae within the Characiformes, is endemic to the Neotropical realm. At least...

taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 97...

Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, and Triportheidae. The larger piranhas were originally classified as...

and S. rhombeus, according to OPEFE), placing them among the largest Serrasalmidae. There are at least 31 recognized species in this genus: Serrasalmus...

Farias and T. Hrbek (2019). A new species of Piaractus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the Orinoco Basin with a redescription of Piaractus brachypomus...

Tometes is a genus of fish in the family Serrasalmidae found in fast-flowing rivers in northern South America. Adults of all seven species in this genus...

2016 version. Ota, R.P., Röpke, C.P., Zuanon, J. & Jégu, M. (2013): Serrasalmidae. In: Queiroz, L.J., Torrente-Vilara, G., Ohara, W.M., Pires, T.H.S....

(Colossoma macropomum) is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is native to tropical South America, but kept in aquaculture and...

Myloplus rubripinnis, is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as...

Myloplus asterias is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Amazon River basin, as well as...

Myloplus rhomboidalis, is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Amazon River basin, as well as...

Troschel, 1844 Ota, R.P., Röpke, C.P., Zuanon, J. & Jégu, M. (2013): Serrasalmidae. In: Queiroz, L.J., Torrente-Vilara, G., Ohara, W.M., Pires, T.H.S....

Myloplus levis is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Paraguay-Paraná River basin. It...

nigrolineatus is a species of freshwater fish in the serrasalmid family (family Serrasalmidae) of order Characiformes. It is native to the Amazon River basin in South...

Myloplus planquettei is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Mana, the Maroni and the Essequibo...

Myloplus lobatus is a medium to large omnivorous fish of the family Serrasalmidae from South America, where found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins...

Ossubtus is a genus of fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It contains a single species, Ossubtus xinguense, the parrot pacu or eaglebeak pacu, The species...

(croakers), Cichlidae (cichlids), Characidae (characins and tetras), and Serrasalmidae (pacus, piranhas and silver dollars). The dolphin's dentition allows...

Helminth endoparasites of endemic fish Pygocentrus piraya (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from Três Marias reservoir, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Anais Da Academia...

CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project...