Pygocentrus cariba (Black spot piranha)

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Legacy taxonomical classification: Actinopteri Characiformes Serrasalmidae Pygocentrus cariba
image of Pygocentrus cariba (Black spot piranha)

tarpinian, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist

Superclass:

Osteichthyes

Class:

Teleostei

Order:

Characiformes

Family:

Serrasalmidae

Subfamily:

Serrasalminae

Genus:

Pygocentrus

Species:

cariba

Common:

Black spot piranha


Climates:

Tropical

Temperate

Subtropical

Waters:

Freshwater

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spectrogram of <i>Pygocentrus cariba</i> (Black spot piranha) making the sound Drum

Description

Sound Name: Drum

Citable References

Raick et al. (2020)

Citation (Newest to Oldest)DetectionSound Types DetectedExamination Types

Raick, X., Huby, A., Kurchevski, G., Godinho, A. L., Parmentier, É. 2020. Use of Bioacoustics in Species Identification: Piranhas from Genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae) as a Case Study. PLoS ONE, 15(10).

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Species Identified

Sound Detected

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Passive Feeding

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