Piaractus
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Characiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Piaractus
Species:
P. brachypomus –
P. mesopotamicus
Name
editPiaractus Eigenmann, 1903
- Type species: Myletes brachypomus Cuvier, 1818
Etymology: From piar (= fat), and actinos (= ray), referring to rayed adipose fin. From: The ETYFish Project
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Piaractus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Piaractus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. - Piaractus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).