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Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Serrasalmidae
genus
Serrasalmus
species
Serrasalmus rhombeus

Name

Synonyms
Pygocentrus niger (Jardine & Schomburgk, 1841)
Pygocentrus normani (Géry, 1964)
Salmo rhombeus Linnaeus, 1766
Serrasalmo humeralis gracilior Eigenmann, 1915
Serrasalmo immaculatus Cope, 1878
Serrasalmo paraense Steindachner, 1908
Serrasalmus boekeri Ahl, 1931
Serrasalmus niger Jardine, 1841
Serrasalmus normani Géry, 1964
Serrasalmus paraense Steindachner, 1908
Homonyms
Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names
Black Piranha in English
Caribe amarillo in English
Caribe pinche in Spanish
Gefleckter Sägesalmler in German
Ivap, Umayan ivap in language.
Jet Black Piranha in English
Must saagsalmler in Estonian
Mustapiraija in Finnish
Pilay in language.
Pilen in language.
Pirambeba in Portuguese
Piranha noir in French
Piranha noir in French
Piranha preta in Portuguese
Piranha preta in Portuguese
Piranha tinga in Portuguese
Piranha-preta in Portuguese
Piranhapreta, Piranha-seca, Pirambeba in language.
Piray-lannuit, Poson-sizo, Piray-nwé in language.
Piraña negra in Spanish
Pireng in language.
Pireng in language.
Puño in Spanish
Pëne in language.
Redeye piranha, Black piranha in English
Rhombeus Piranha in English
Roter Piranha in German
Sort piratfisk in Danish
Weißer Piranha in German
White Piranha in English
Yellow piranha in English
Zwarte piranha in Dutch
piranha negra in Portuguese
piranja branca in Portuguese
piraňa stříbřitá in Czech
pirá-i in Spanish
redeye piranha in English
redeye piranha in English
spotted piranha in English
spotted piranha in English
Ромбовидная пиранья in Russian
ปลาปิรันย่าดำ in Thai
白鋸脂鯉 in language.
白锯脂鲤 in language.
黑鋸脂鯉 in language.
黑锯脂鲤 in language.
Piranha-preta in Portuguese
Redeye piranha in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Galvis, G., Mojica, J., Provenzano, F., Lasso, C., Taphorn, D., Royero, R., Castellanos, C., Gutiérrez, A., Gutiérrez, M., López, Y., Mesa, L., Sánchez, P. y Cipamocha, C. 2007. Peces de la orinoquía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder 413p.
  4. 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
  5. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  6. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210.
  7. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
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