🦋 Family

Serrasalmidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Characiformes › Serrasalmidae

Pygocentrus nattereri, the red-bellied piranha, is a South American freshwater fish famous for its exaggerated reputation as a ferocious predator.

Serrasalmus rhombeus, the redeye piranha, is the largest piranha species native to northern South America.

Colossoma macropomum (tambaqui) is a large South American freshwater characin fish native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

Mylossoma duriventre (silver mylossoma) is a potamodromous freshwater serrasalmid fish endemic to tropical and subtropical South America.

Piaractus brachypomus, the red-bellied pacu, is a freshwater serrasalmid fish with distinctive morphology and frugivorous feeding.

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