The Serrasalmidae (serrasalmids) are a family of characiform fishes, recently[when?] elevated to family status. It includes more than 90 species. The...
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Piranha (category Serrasalmidae)
[piˈɾaɲa]) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the family Serrasalmidae, or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae...
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size and piranha, a common name for typically carnivorous members of Serrasalmidae. The word piranha itself is a Portuguese merging of words originating...
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Silver dollar (fish) (category Serrasalmidae)
mostly in the genus Metynnis, tropical fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae which are closely related to piranha and pacu. Most commonly, the name...
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Pygocentrus (category Serrasalmidae)
Pygocentrus is a genus of the piranha family Serrasalmidae. All species are native to tropical and subtropical South America. All the species are predatory...
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Redeye piranha (category Serrasalmidae)
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...
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Red-bellied piranha (category Serrasalmidae)
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...
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Pacu (category Serrasalmidae)
currently further classified into the family Serrasalmidae (formerly a subfamily of Characidae). Serrasalmidae means "serrated salmon family" and refers...
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skeletal elements identifiable to Acestrorhynchidae, Characidae, and Serrasalmidae. Below is a phylogeny of living Characiformes based on Betancur-Rodriguez...
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Pygopristis (category Serrasalmidae)
middle cusp, making the teeth appear triangular. Within the family Serrasalmidae, P. denticulata is more closely related to Catoprion than it is to the...
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