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Serrasalmus
Lacepède, 1803
- piranha
(fish)
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Entity:
Serrasalminae (Subfamily) - piranhas
..Catoprion (Genus)
..Metynnis (Genus)
..Pygocentrus (Genus)
..Pygopristis (Genus)
..Serrasalmus (Genus) - piranha
....Serrasalmus altispinis (Species)
....Serrasalmus altuvei (Species)
....Serrasalmus brandtii (Species)
....Serrasalmus compressus (Species)
....Serrasalmus eigenmanni (Species)
....Serrasalmus elongatus (Species) - slender piranha
....Serrasalmus geryi (Species)
....Serrasalmus gibbus (Species)
....Serrasalmus gouldingi (Species)
....Serrasalmus hastatus (Species)
....Serrasalmus hollandi (Species)
....Serrasalmus humeralis (Species) - pirambeba
....Serrasalmus irritans (Species)
....Serrasalmus maculatus (Species)
....Serrasalmus manueli (Species)
....Serrasalmus marginatus (Species)
....Serrasalmus medinai (Species)
....Serrasalmus nalseni (Species)
....Serrasalmus neveriensis (Species)
....Serrasalmus nigricans (Species)
....Serrasalmus rhombeus (Species) - black piranha
....Serrasalmus sanchezi (Species)
....Serrasalmus serrulatus (Species)
....Serrasalmus spilopleura (Species) - dark-banded piranha
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacepède, 1803. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5, 283.
Types
Type of
:
Serrasalmidae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 29 May 2025.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Serrasalminae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<29 May 2025].
[inferred]
Variants
Subsequent spelling
:
Serrasalmo
(Genus)
Duméril, 1805, orth. inval.
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Serrosalmus
(Genus)
Fleming, 1822
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Incorrect spelling
:
Serrasalmo
(Genus)
Duméril, 1805, orth. inval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025.
Synonyms
Including
:
Pristobrycon
(Genus)
Eigenmann, 1915
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
piranha
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 683.
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