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Serrasalmidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Serrasalmidae is a family of characiform fishes, recently elevated to family status. It includes about 94 species. The name means "serrated salmon family", which refers to the serrated keel running along the belly of these fish. Fish classified as Serrasalmidae are also known by these common names: pacu, piranha, and silver dollar. These common names generally designate differing dental characteristics and feeding habits.
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Genus

Acnodon (3)
Catoprion (2)
Colossoma (1)
Megapiranha (1)
Metynnis (16)
Mylesinus (3)
Myleus (7)
Myloplus (16)
Mylossoma (3)
Ossubtus (1)
Piaractus (3)
Pristobrycon (5)   (1)
Pygocentrus (4)
Pygopristis (1)
Serrasalmus (32)
Tometes (7)
Utiaritichthys (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0