Pygocentrus is a genus of the piranha family Serrasalmidae. 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.[1]
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pygocentrus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri, is one of four species in the genus. There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt...
(ICMBio). (2022). "Pygocentrus piraya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186786A1818359. Retrieved 1 December 2022. "Pygocentrus piraya". FishBase...
fish such as pacus. Traditionally, only the four genera Pristobrycon, Pygocentrus, Pygopristis, and Serrasalmus are considered to be true piranhas, due...
Pygocentrus cariba or black spot piranha is a species of piranha endemic to Venezuela and Colombia; specifically, to the Orinoco River basin lowlands...
Pygocentrus palometa is a species of piranha endemic to Venezuela, where it is restricted to the Orinoco Basin. Although recognized by FishBase, the scientific...
carnivorous piranha group comprises the genera Catoprion, Pristobrycon, Pygocentrus, Pygopristis and Serrasalmus, but based on phylogeny also the mainly...
which have intermediate characters between "the fierce Rooseveltiella [=Pygocentrus nattereri] without palatine teeth, and the less blood-thirsty Serrasalmus...
the "typical" piranhas like the piraya piranha are nowadays placed in Pygocentrus. Like all piranhas, Serrasalmus are native to South America. These fish...
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is a species of piranha. This species lives in the Amazon River basin, coastal rivers of northeastern Brazil...
from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins Pygocentrus cariba, the black spot piranha from the Orinoco and Llanos Pygocentrus nattereri, the red-bellied piranha...
message is, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they...
Asia meat, weed control, pets Captive-bred 5b Other fish Red-bellied (Pygocentrus nattereri), piraya (P. piraya) and black spot piranha (P. cariba) date...
stomach, and are easily confused with the carnivorous red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), but the two can be separated by their teeth, which are molar-like...
parva Y Y Red-bellied pacu Piaractus brachypomus Y Y Red-bellied piranha Pygocentrus nattereri Y Y Red devil cichlid Amphilophus labiatus Y Y Red drum Sciaenops...
that the piranha is a super-aggressive prehistoric species known as Pygocentrus nattereri, or the Original Piranha, previously believed to have been...
Innervation to the Sonic Muscle and Sonic Motor Nucleus in Red Piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri (Characiformes, Ostariophysi)". Brain, Behavior and Evolution...
season when other food is scarce. Featured animals Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) Black-tailed payara...