Distribution

• Rio São Francisco: Endemic

Synonyms

• Serrasalmo ferox Swainson 1838
• Serrasalmo piranha Spix & Agassiz 1829
• Serrasalmus piraya Cuvier 1819

• Cuvier, Georges

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
• Class Actinopteri
• Order Characiformes
• Family Serrasalmidae
• Subfamily Serrasalminae