Serrasalmidae

Piranhas and pacus

104 species

1. 1Acnodon normani Gosline, 1951 · Sheep-pacufresh · tropical
2. 2Acnodon oligacanthus (Müller & Troschel, 1844)fresh · tropical
3. 3Acnodon senai Jégu & Santos, 1990fresh · tropical
4. 4Catoprion absconditus Mateussi, Melo & Oliveira, 2020fresh · tropical
5. 5Catoprion mento (Cuvier, 1819) · Wimple piranhafresh · tropical
6. 6Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) · Cachamafresh · tropical
7. 7Metynnis altidorsalis Ahl, 1923fresh · tropical
8. 8Metynnis argenteus Ahl, 1923fresh · tropical
9. 9Metynnis cuiaba Pavanelli, Ota & Petry, 2009fresh · tropical
10. 10Metynnis fasciatus Ahl, 1931fresh · tropical
11. 11Metynnis guaporensis Eigenmann, 1915fresh · tropical
12. 12Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel, 1844) · Silver dollarfresh · tropical
13. 13Metynnis lippincottianus (Cope, 1870)fresh · tropical
14. 14Metynnis longipinnis Zarske & Géry, 2008fresh · tropical
15. 15Metynnis luna Cope, 1878fresh · tropical
16. 16Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858) · Spotted metynnisfresh · tropical
17. 17Metynnis mola Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903fresh · tropical
18. 18Metynnis orinocensis (Steindachner, 1908)fresh · tropical
19. 19Metynnis otuquensis Ahl, 1923fresh · tropical
20. 20Metynnis polystictus Zarske & Géry, 2008fresh · tropical
21. 21Mylesinus paraschomburgkii Jégu, Santos & Ferreira, 1989fresh · tropical
22. 22Mylesinus paucisquamatus Jégu & Santos, 1988fresh · tropical
23. 23Mylesinus schomburgkii Valenciennes, 1850fresh · tropical
24. 24Myleus altipinnis (Valenciennes, 1850)fresh · tropical
25. 25Myleus knerii (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
26. 26Myleus latus (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
27. 27Myleus micans (Lütken, 1875)fresh · tropical
28. 28Myleus pacu (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
29. 29Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel, 1844 · Longfinned disk pacufresh · tropical
30. 30Myloplus arnoldi Ahl, 1936fresh · tropical
31. 31Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel, 1844)fresh · tropical
32. 32Myloplus levis (Eigenmann & McAtee, 1907)fresh · tropical
33. 33Myloplus lobatus (Valenciennes, 1850)fresh · tropical
34. 34Myloplus lucienae Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016fresh · tropical
35. 35Myloplus nigrolineatus Ota, Machado, Andrade, Collins, Farias & Hrbek, 2020 · Blackline myleusfresh · tropical
36. 36Myloplus planquettei Jégu, Keith & Le Bail, 2003fresh · tropical
37. 37Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1844) · Redhook myleusfresh · tropical
38. 38Myloplus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) · Disk tetrafresh · tropical
39. 39Myloplus ternetzi (Norman, 1929)fresh · tropical
40. 40Myloplus tiete (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)fresh · tropical
41. 41Myloplus torquatus (Kner, 1858)fresh · tropical
42. 42Myloplus zorroi Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016fresh · tropical
43. 43Mylossoma acanthogaster (Valenciennes, 1850)fresh · tropical
44. 44Mylossoma albiscopum (Cope, 1872)fresh · tropical
45. 45Mylossoma aureum (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)fresh · tropical
46. 46Mylossoma duriventre (Cuvier, 1818)fresh · tropical
47. 47Mylossoma unimaculatum (Steindachner, 1908)fresh · tropical
48. 48Ossubtus xinguense Jégu, 1992 · Parrot pacufresh · tropical
49. 49Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) · Pirapitingafresh · tropical
50. 50Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) · Pacufresh · subtropical
51. 51Piaractus orinoquensis Escobar L., Ota, Machado-Allison, Andrade-López, Farias & Hrbek, 2019fresh · tropical
52. 52Pristobrycon aureus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)fresh · tropical
53. 53Pristobrycon calmoni (Steindachner, 1908)fresh · tropical
54. 54Pristobrycon careospinus Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992fresh · tropical
55. 55Pristobrycon maculipinnis Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992fresh · tropical
56. 56Pristobrycon striolatus (Steindachner, 1908)fresh · tropical
57. 57Prosomyleus rhomboidalis (Cuvier, 1818)fresh · tropical
58. 58Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821) · Black spot piranhafresh · tropical
59. 59Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 · Red piranhafresh · subtropical · full sheet
60. 60Pygocentrus palometa Valenciennes, 1850fresh · tropical
61. 61Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier, 1819) · San Francisco piranhafresh · tropical
62. 62Pygopristis denticulata (Cuvier, 1819) · Lobetoothed piranhafresh · tropical
63. 63Serrasalmus altispinis Merckx, Jégu & Santos, 2000fresh · tropical
64. 64Serrasalmus altuvei Ramírez, 1965fresh · tropical
65. 65Serrasalmus auriventris (Burmeister, 1861)fresh · subtropical
66. 66Serrasalmus brandtii Lütken, 1875 · White piranhafresh · tropical
67. 67Serrasalmus compressus Jégu, Leão & Santos, 1991fresh · subtropical
68. 68Serrasalmus eigenmanni Norman, 1929fresh · tropical
69. 69Serrasalmus elongatus Kner, 1858 · Slender piranhafresh · tropical
70. 70Serrasalmus emarginatus (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
71. 71Serrasalmus geryi Jégu & Santos, 1988fresh · tropical
72. 72Serrasalmus gibbus Castelnau, 1855fresh · tropical
73. 73Serrasalmus gouldingi Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992fresh · tropical
74. 74Serrasalmus hastatus Fink & Machado-Allison, 2001fresh · tropical
75. 75Serrasalmus hollandi Eigenmann, 1915fresh · tropical
76. 76Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes, 1850 · Pirambebafresh · brackish · tropical
77. 77Serrasalmus irritans Peters, 1877fresh · tropical
78. 78Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858fresh · tropical
79. 79Serrasalmus magallanesi Gallo-Cardozo, Maldonado, Careaga & Carvajal-Vallejos, 2024fresh · tropical
80. 80Serrasalmus manueli (Fernández-Yépez & Ramírez, 1967)fresh · tropical
81. 81Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837fresh · tropical
82. 82Serrasalmus medinai Ramírez, 1965fresh · tropical
83. 83Serrasalmus nalseni Fernández-Yépez, 1969fresh · tropical
84. 84Serrasalmus neveriensis Machado-Allison, Fink, López Rojas & Rodenas, 1993fresh · tropical
85. 85Serrasalmus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829fresh · tropical
86. 86Serrasalmus nigricauda (Burmeister, 1861)fresh · subtropical
87. 87Serrasalmus odyssei Hubert & Renno, 2010fresh · tropical
88. 88Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Redeye piranhafresh · tropical
89. 89Serrasalmus sanchezi Géry, 1964fresh · tropical
90. 90Serrasalmus scotopterus (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
91. 91Serrasalmus serrulatus (Valenciennes, 1850)fresh · tropical
92. 92Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1858 · Speckled piranhafresh · tropical
93. 93Serrasalmus stagnatilis (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
94. 94Serrasalmus undulatus (Jardine, 1841)fresh · tropical
95. 95Tometes ancylorhynchus Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016fresh · tropical
96. 96Tometes camunani Andrade, Giarrizzo & Jégu, 2013fresh · tropical
97. 97Tometes kranponhah Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016 · Sharp-toothed pacufresh · tropical
98. 98Tometes lebaili Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu, 2002fresh · tropical
99. 99Tometes makue Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002fresh · tropical
100. 100Tometes siderocarajensis Andrade, Machado, Jégu, Farias & Giarrizzo, 2017fresh · tropical
101. 101Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes, 1850fresh · tropical
102. 102Utiaritichthys esguiceroi Pereira & Castro, 2014fresh · tropical
103. 103Utiaritichthys longidorsalis Jégu, Tito de Morais & Santos, 1992fresh · tropical
104. 104Utiaritichthys sennaebragai Miranda Ribeiro, 1937fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.