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Serrasalmidae
Speckled piranha
Serrasalmus spilopleura
Twenty Six Centimeters Serrasalmid Fish from South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
MediumSpeckled piranha is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Serrasalmus
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- South America: Guaporé River basin (Ref. 39031 ). Reported from the Paraná River basin, Argentina (Ref. 5630 ).
Class
Family
