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Serrasalmidae
Wimple piranha
Catoprion mento
Serrasalmid Fish from the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumWimple piranha is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Catoprion
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, and upper Paraguay River basins.
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Order
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