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Pygocentrus
Sign in to savePygocentrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes. All species are native to tropical and subtropical South America. All the species are predatory, scavengers and may form large schools. The famous red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, is one of four species in the genus.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilySerrasalmidae
Pygocentrus es un género de peces de la familia Serrasalmidae y de la orden de los caraciformes. Todas sus especies son depredadores. Índice 1 Distribución geográfica 2 Especies 3 Referencias 4 Bibliografía 5 Enlaces externos Distribución geográfica Se encuentra en Sudamérica, principalmente el río Amazonas, Orinoco y São Francisco. Especies Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821)[1] Pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1858)[1] Pygocentrus palometa (Valenciennes, 1850)[1] Pygocentrus piraya (G. Cuvier, 1819)[1] Referencias ↑ a b c d Especies de "Pygocentrus". En FishBase. (Rainer Froese y Daniel Pauly, eds.). Consultada en octubre de 2011. N.p.: FishBase, 2011. Bibliografía Eschmeyer, William N.: Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos. iii + 697. ISBN 0-940228-23-8. Año 1990. Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5. Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology. Blackwell Science
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Pygocentrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes. All species are native to tropical and subtropical South America. All the species are predatory, scavengers and may form large schools. The famous red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, is one of four species in the genus.
==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821) (black spot piranha) Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 (red piranha, red-bellied piranha) Pygocentrus piraya (G. Cuvier, 1819) (San Francisco piranha)