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Taxon: Family Serrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859 - piranhas and allies (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Bleeker, 1859)
Original name:  Bleeker, 1859: XXXI. [subfamily "Serrasalmoniformes"].
Subsequent rank: 
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship:  Swainson, 1838: 256. ["Serrasalmi"; no family-group name].

Types

Type: Serrasalmus (Genus) Lacepède, 1803 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; 29 May 2025. [inferred]

Variants

Current rank: Serrasalminae (Subfamily) Bleeker, 1859
Former rank: Serrasalminae (Subfamily) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 66. [inferred]

Synonyms

In: Characidae (Family) Latreille, 1825

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: piraya's Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
: piranha's

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: piranhas and allies Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: pacus, silver dollars, and piranhas Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 198.
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