Pygocentrus nattereri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Pygocentrus
Species: Pygocentrus nattereri

Name

Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858

References

Luz, L. A., Reis, L. L., Sampaio, I., Barros, M. C. & Fraga, E., 2015: Genetic differentiation in the populations of red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri Kner (1860) (Characiformes: Serrasalminae), from the river basins of northeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 75(4): 838–845. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.00214 . Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Red piranha
español: Piraña roja
français: Piranha rouge
magyar: Vöröshasú pirája, ragadozó pirája, Roosevelt-lazac, vörös pirája, vöröshasú piranha
português: Piranha, Piranha-vermelha, Piranha-caju
ไทย: ปิรันย่าแดง, ปิรันย่าท้องแดง

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