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Serrasalmidae
Red Ruby Piranha
Serrasalmus maculatus
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- Red
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
MediumRed Ruby Piranha is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 26.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Serrasalmus
- Maximum length
- 26.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Paraguay-Paraná River basins (Ref. 39031 ). Recorded from the Uruguay River (Ref. 79585 ).
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