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Taxon: Genus Serrasalmus Lacepède, 1803 - piranha (fish)
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Authorship

Original name Lacepède, 1803. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5, 283.

Types

Type ofSerrasalmidae (Family) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; 29 May 2025. [inferred]
Type ofSerrasalminae (Subfamily) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<29 May 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Subsequent spellingSerrasalmo (Genus) Duméril, 1805, orth. inval. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spellingSerrosalmus (Genus) Fleming, 1822 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Incorrect spellingSerrasalmo (Genus) Duméril, 1805, orth. inval. Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025.

Synonyms

IncludingPristobrycon (Genus) Eigenmann, 1915 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namepiranha Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
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