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Catoprion mento (Cuvier, 1819)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Serrasalmidae
genus
Catoprion
species
Catoprion mento

Name

Synonyms
Mylesinus macropterus Ulrey, 1894
Serrasalmus mento Cuvier, 1819
Homonyms
Catoprion mento (Cuvier, 1819)
Common names
Catirina, Pacu-piranha in Portuguese
Piranha-anã in Portuguese
Piranha-queixuda in Portuguese
Vimpelpiratfisk in Danish
Wimpelpiranha in Dutch
Wimple Piranha in English
tetra šupinožravá in Czech
Вымпельная пиранья in Russian
Флаговая пиранья in Russian
ปลาปิรันยาวิมเพิล in Thai
Wimple Piranha in English
Piranha-queixuda in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bogotá-Gregory, J. D. & J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. 2006. Peces de la zona hidrogeográfica de la Amazonia, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 55-94. | Lasso C., J. I. Mojica, J. S. Usma, J. Maldonado, C. DoNascimiento, D. Taphorn, F. Provenzano, O. Lasso-Alcalá, G. Galvis, L. Vásquez, M. Lugo, A. Machado-Allison, R. Royero, C. Suárez, A. Ortega-Lara. 2004. Peces de la cuenca del río Orinoco. Parte I: lista de especies y distribución por subcuencas. Biota Colombiana 5 (2): 95-158.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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