- The
Serrasalmidae (
serrasalmids) are a
family of
characiform fishes, recently[when?]
elevated to
family status. It
includes more than 90 species. The name...
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Megapiranha is an
extinct serrasalmid characin fish from the Late
Miocene (8–10
million years ago) Ituzaingó
Formation of Argentina,
described in 2009...
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Metynnis maculatus, the
spotted metynnis, is a
species of
serrasalmid fish
found in
Argentina and Brazil, and
possibly in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru...
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Metynnis hypsauchen is a
species of
serrasalmid found in
Amazon and
Paraguay river basins, as well as
rivers of the
Guiana Shield. It is one of the fish...
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Piaractus is a
genus of
large serrasalmid from
South America. The two
traditionally recognized species of
Piaractus are very
similar in
appearance and...
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refer to
several species of
omnivorous South American freshwater serrasalmid fish
related to piranhas. Pacu and
piranha do not have
similar teeth...
- Black-ear pacu, Black-band
myleus or Black-barred
myleus is a
species of
serrasalmid with a
black bar on its side. This
species is
found in the
middle and...
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Metynnis is a
genus of
serrasalmid fish from
tropical and
subtropical South America. They are
herbivorous or omnivorous, and
inhabit a wide
range of freshwater...
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Metynnis argenteus is a
species of
serrasalmid fish
endemic to the Tapajós
River Basin in Brazil. It is one of the
species known in the
aquarium trade...
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species of pacu, a
close relative of
piranhas and
silver dollars, in the
serrasalmid family. It is
native to the
Amazon basin in
tropical South America, but...
