Pygocentrus

Taxobox
name = Piranhas


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Characiformes
familia = Characidae
subfamilia = Serrasalminae
genus = "Pygocentrus"
genus_authority = Müller & Troschel, 1844
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pygocentrus cariba"
"Pygocentrus nattereri"
"Pygocentrus palometa"
"Pygocentrus piraya"

"Pygocentrus" is a genus of the piranha family Characidae. All are native to tropical South America. It is mainly located in the Amazon River. The Chi-Cohala tribe uses the teeth to make tools and weapons.

Species

* "Pygocentrus cariba" (black shoulder piranha)
* "Pygocentrus nattereri" (red piranha, commonly red-bellied piranha among aquarists)
* "Pygocentrus palometa"
* "Pygocentrus piraya" (San Francisco piranha)

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