FB-8700 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Serrasalmidae Pygocentrus Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821) Orinoco-piratfisk Black spot piranha Orinoco piranha Mustakorvapiraija Capaburro Caribe colorado Caribe pinche Piraña Pygocentrus caribe (Valenciennes, 1850) Pygocentrus notatus (Lütken, 1875) Pygocentrus stigmaterythraeus Fowler, 1911 Serrasalmo albus Humboldt, 1821 Serrasalmo albus dorso Humboldt, 1821 Serrasalmo cariba Humboldt, 1821 Serrasalmo notatus Lütken, 1875 Serrasalmus caribe Valenciennes, 1850 Serrasalmus notatus Lütken, 1875 1993-12-07 2013-07-18 Géry, J.0 Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-07 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Has powerful dentition that can inflict serious bites (Ref. 4537). Fink, W.L. 1993 Revision of the piranha genus Pygocentrus. Copeia 1993(3):665-687. (Ref. 27142) FB-Distribution-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-07 00:00:00 2024-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 South America: widely distributed in the Orinoco River basin lowlands and tributaries. Jégu, M. 2003 Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39031) FB-Uses-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-07 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size gamefish: yes Crawford, R. 1993 World record game fishes 1993. The International Game Fish Association, Pompano Beach, Florida. (Ref. 6323) FB-TrophicStrategy-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-09-29 00:00:00 2002-12-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public cariba http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Between 4 and 5 cm length, Pygocentrus cariba shifted to a diet comprised mainly of whole fishes and pieces of fish flesh (Ref. 26297). Nico, L.G. 1990 Feeding chronology of juvenile piranhas, Pygocentrus notatus, in the Venezuelan Llanos. Environ. Biol. Fishes 29(1):51-57. (Ref. 9355) FB-Size-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-07 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 27.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 39031)); max. published weight: 560 g (Ref. 6870) Jégu, M. 2003 Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39031) International Game Fish Association (IGFA) 1994 World record game fishes, 1994. International Game Fish Association, Pompano Beach, Florida. (Ref. 6870) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-8700 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-07 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8700 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology pelagic; freshwater