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wimple piranha
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wimple piranha

Catoprion mento

The wimple piranha, Catoprion mento, is a specialized, South American species of piranha that feeds on fish scales.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342485.