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Common member of the family Serrasalmidae
 
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Pronounced seh rah sal mid eh
Family Common Name Disc Characins
Distribution South America
Common Names Pirhana, pacu, silver dollar
Size Smallest 58mm, largest 1080mm, average 264mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 41 "species" in 33 genera in the database
Keepers 0 species (0.0%) are being kept by registered keepers
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2.Undefined196 species(478%)
2.Myleinae1 species(2%)
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1.Serrasalmus 15 species(0 keepers)
2.Colossoma 1 species(0 keepers)
3.Mylossoma 1 species(0 keepers)
4.Piaractus 0 species(0 keepers)
5.Prosomyleus 1 species(0 keepers)
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(Alphabetic | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Serrasalmus rhombeusSerrasalmus rhombeus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
2.
Colossoma macropomumColossoma macropomum
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
3.Mylossoma duriventre(i:0, k:0, b:0)
4.
Piaractus brachypomusPiaractus brachypomus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
5.
Prosomyleus rhomboidalisProsomyleus rhomboidalis
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
6.
Catoprion mentoCatoprion mento
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
7.Pygocentrus piraya(i:0, k:0, b:0)
8.Pygopristis denticulata(i:0, k:0, b:0)
9.Pygocentrus cariba(i:0, k:0, b:0)
10.Mylossoma aureum(i:0, k:0, b:0)
11.Serrasalmus marginatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
12.
Myloplus schomburgkiiMyloplus schomburgkii
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
13.
Metynnis hypsauchenMetynnis hypsauchen
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.Myloplus asterias(i:0, k:0, b:0)
15.
Myloplus rubripinnisMyloplus rubripinnis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.Myleus altipinnis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
17.
Serrasalmus humeralisSerrasalmus humeralis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
18.Serrasalmus gibbus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
19.
Metynnis maculatusMetynnis maculatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
20.
Pygocentrus nattereriPygocentrus nattereri
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
21.Serrasalmus elongatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
22.Serrasalmus spilopleura(i:0, k:0, b:0)
23.Serrasalmus scapularis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
24.Metynnis lippincottianus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
25.Myloplus tiete(i:0, k:0, b:0)
26.Metynnis mola(i:0, k:0, b:0)
27.Myloplus levis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
28.Serrasalmus calmoni(i:0, k:0, b:0)
29.Serrasalmus hollandi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
30.
Metynnis argenteusMetynnis argenteus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
31.
Paramyloplus ternetziParamyloplus ternetzi
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
32.Serrasalmus altispinis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
33.Serrasalmus eigenmanni(i:0, k:0, b:0)
34.Metynnis fasciatus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
35.Acnodon normani(i:0, k:0, b:0)
36.Serrasalmus altuvei(i:0, k:0, b:0)
37.Serrasalmus manueli(i:0, k:0, b:0)
38.
Serrasalmus geryiSerrasalmus geryi
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
39.Mylesinus paraschomburgkii(i:0, k:0, b:0)
40.Serrasalmus compressus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
41.Ossubtus xinguense(i:0, k:0, b:0)