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Serrasalmidae
Black spot piranha
Pygocentrus cariba
Spotted Serrasalmid Fish of the Orinoco Basin
- Black
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
MediumBlack spot piranha is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Pygocentrus
- Maximum length
- 27.9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: widely distributed in the Orinoco River basin lowlands and tributaries.
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