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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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formed the
inner row,
while the rest
formed the
outer row. In
other serrasalmids the
teeth are
arranged either two rows of
seven teeth with a morphologically...
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Catoprion is a
genus of
serrasalmids from
tropical South America,
including the
basins of the Amazon, Essequibo,
Orinoco and
Paraguay rivers. It was believed...
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Mylesinus is a
genus of
serrasalmids from
South America,
where found in the
eastern Amazon,
Essequibo and
Orinoco basins. They are rheophilic, typically...
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former name has
historically also been used for
various South American serrasalmids.
Within the Lake Chad basin,
Alestes and Hydrocynus,
collectively known...
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Myleus is a
genus of
serrasalmids from
South America,
where found in the Amazon,
Orinoco and São
Francisco basins, as well as the
river basin of the Guiana...
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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...
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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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Mylossoma is a
genus of
serrasalmids from
tropical and
subtropical South America,
including the
basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Lake
Maracaibo and Paraguay-Paraná...
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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...
