Published June 9, 2023 | Version v1

Serrasalmidae

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1133 15 St. NW, Washington D. C., USA

Description

FAMILY Serrasalmidae

Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816); Introduced; Cachama; Introduced to river basins of Central and Southern Luzon Island; Guerrero 2014; NE

Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818); Introduced; Pirapitinga; Introduced to river basins of Central and Southern Luzon Island; Guerrero 2014; NE

Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858; Introduced; Red Piranha; Introduced to river basins of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao Island groups; Guerrero 2014; NE

Notes

Published as part of Jamandre, Brian Wade, 2023, Freshwater fishes of the Philippines: a provisional checklist, pp. 151-181 in Zootaxa 5301 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8030274

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Characiformes
Family
Serrasalmidae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Guerrero III, R. M. (2014) Impacts of introduced freshwater fishes in the Philippines (1905 - 2013): A review and recommendations. Philippine Journal of Science, 143 (1), 49 - 62.