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Franco N. Fabre, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Serrasalmidae
Subfamily:
Serrasalminae
Genus:
Serrasalmus
Species:
marginatus
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
South America - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Raick et al. (2020)
Raick, X., Huby, A., Kurchevski, G., Godinho, A. L., Parmentier, É. 2020. Yellow-Eyed Piranhas Produce Louder Sounds Than Red-Eyed Piranhas in an invasive Population of Serrasalmus marginatus. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(6): 1676-1680.
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Passive Feeding
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Visual
Mélotte, G., Vigouroux, R., Michel, C., Parmentier, E. 2016. Interspecific Variation of Warning Calls in Piranhas: A Comparative Analysis. Scientific Reports, 6(36127).