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Pygopristis denticulata (Cuvier, 1819)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Serrasalmidae
genus
Pygopristis
species
Pygopristis denticulata

Name

Synonyms
Pygopristis fumarius Müller & Troschel, 1844
Serrasalmus denticulatus Cuvier, 1819
Serrasalmus punctatus Jardine, 1841
Homonyms
Pygopristis denticulata (Cuvier, 1819)
Common names
Lobe-toothed Piranha in English
Lobetoothed piranha in English
Lobetoothed piranha in English
Pilay in language.
Piranha-amarela, Piranha-mafura in language.
Piranha-dente-lobado in Portuguese
Piray, Poson-sizo in language.
Pireng in language.
Pireng in language.
Umayan kamum in language.
big-toothed piranha in English
bigtoothed piranha in English
piraňa zoubkatá in Czech
ปลาปิรันยาฟันใหญ่ in Thai

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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
  3. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., Lugo, M., Bogotá-Gregory, J. D., Lasso, C.A., Vásquez, L., Usma, J. S., Taphorn, D.C., Provenzano Rizzi, F. 2006. Peces del río Tomo, cuenca del Orinoco, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 113-128.
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