Serrasalmus

Life-forms

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Serrasalminae
Genus: Serrasalmus
Species: S. altispinis – S. altuvei – S. brandtii – S. compressus – S. eigenmanni – S. elongatus – S. geryi – S. gibbus – S. gouldingi – S. hastatus – S. hollandi – S. humeralis – S. irritans – S. maculatus – S. manueli – S. marginatus – S. medinai – S. nalseni – S. neveriensis – S. nigricans – S. rhombeus – S. sanchezi – S. serrulatus – S. spilopleura
Name

Serrasalmus Lacepède, 1803
Vernacular names
беларуская: Піраньі
English: Piranha
français: Piranha
português: Piranha, Pirambeba
ไทย: ปลาปิรันย่า
Türkçe: PiranaSerrasalmus is a genus of piranhas. They are collectively known as pirambebas; the "typical" piranhas like the piraya piranha are nowadays placed in Pygocentrus. Like all piranhas, Serrasalmus are native to South America.

These fish are predatory, have sharp teeth and generally have a rhomboid shape. In some, the shape is more ovoid, particularly in old specimens. Some Serrasalmus species can exceed 20 in or 510 mm (S. manueli and S. rhombeus, according to OPEFE), placing them among the largest Serrasalmidae.
Species

There are at least 32 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Serrasalmus altispinis Merckx, Jégu & dos Santos, 2000
Serrasalmus altuvei Ramírez, 1965 (caribe pinche)
Serrasalmus auriventris (Burmeister, 1861)
Serrasalmus brandtii Lütken, 1875 (white piranha)
Serrasalmus compressus Jégu, Leão & dos Santos, 1991
Serrasalmus eigenmanni Norman, 1929
Serrasalmus elongatus Kner, 1858 (slender piranha, caribe pinche)
Serrasalmus emarginatus (Jardine, 1841)
Serrasalmus geryi Jégu & dos Santos, 1988 (violet line piranha)
Serrasalmus gibbus Castelnau, 1855
Serrasalmus gouldingi W. L. Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 (blue tiger piranha)
Serrasalmus hastatus W. L. Fink & Machado-Allison, 2001
Serrasalmus hollandi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1915)
Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes, 1850 (pirambeba)
Serrasalmus irritans (W. K. H. Peters, 1877) ("caribe pinche")
Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 (spotted piranha)
Serrasalmus manueli (Fernández-Yépez & Ramírez, 1967) (green tiger piranha, caribe parguasero)
Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837
Serrasalmus medinai Ramírez, 1965 (red-throated piranha)
Serrasalmus nalseni Fernández-Yépez, 1969 (caribe pintado)
Serrasalmus nattereri , (red bellied piranha)
Serrasalmus neveriensis Machado-Allison, W. L. Fink, López Rojas & Rodenas, 1993
Serrasalmus nigricans (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Serrasalmus nigricauda (Burmeister, 1861)
Serrasalmus odyssei Hubert & Renno, 2010
Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) (redeye piranha, caribe amarillo)
Serrasalmus sanchezi Géry, 1964 (sharp-snouted piranha)
Serrasalmus scotopterus (Jardine, 1841)
Serrasalmus serrulatus (Valenciennes, 1850) (caribe cortador)
Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1858 (speckled piranha)
Serrasalmus stagnatilis (Jardine, 1841)
Serrasalmus undulatus (Jardine, 1841)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Serrasalmus in FishBase. April 2013 version. Media related to Serrasalmus at Wikimedia Commons
"Serrasalmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
OPEFE