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Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Serrasalminae
Etymology: Serrasalmus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus + Latin, salmo = salmon (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous. Tropical; 0°S - 3°S
South America: Amazon River basin, Uatumã River in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126026); max. published weight: 213.00 g (Ref. 126026)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 35 - 38. distal black stripe on caudal fin; 4 supraneurals before dorsal pterygiophores; height of abdominal serrae 4.4-5.8% of SL, interorbitary distance 8.8-10.1% of SL; body depth 47.4-57.4% of SL; color of lateral body dark; humeral blotch well marked.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Merckx, A., M. Jégu and G. Mendes Dos Santos, 2000. Une nouvelle espèce de Serrasalmus (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae), S. altispinis n. sp., décrite du rio uatumã (Amazonas, Brésil) avec une description complémentaire de S. rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) du plateau Guyanais. Cybium 24(2):181-201. (Ref. 36224)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Tools
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