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Species in the genus Pygocentrus: [ 12 ] records

albus, Serrasalmo Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821:173, Pl. 47 (fig. 1) [Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland v. 2 (Title page 1833); ref. 5612] Not regarded as a species; should have been "Serrasalmo Cariba, albus..." according to Fink 1993:669 [ref. 20937]. Invalid name (as Serrasalmus albus) (Machado-Allison et al. 1991:125 [ref. 22050]). •In the synonymy of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Fink 1993:669 [ref. 20937], Nico 2001:139 [ref. 25828] with comments, Machado-Allison 2002:58 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061]). •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:446 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae.

altus, Pygocentrus Gill [T. N.] 1870:93 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 17630] Río Marañon or Río Napo, Amazon system, Peru or Ecuador. Holotype: USNM 21432. Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:36 [ref. 19022]. •Synonym of Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858 -- (Fink 1993:679 [ref. 20937], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:16 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35267], Ota et al. 2024:421 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

bidorsalis, Pygocentrus Kner [R.] (ex Heckel) 1860:36 [28] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 18; ref. 7130] On p. 28 of separate. Not available, name mentioned in text under Pygocentrus piraya Müller and Troschel. •In the synonymy of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061]). •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:444 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae.

cariba, Serrasalmo Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821:216, [173], Pl. 47 (fig. 1) [Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland v. 2 (Title page 1833); ref. 5612] Apuré and Orinoco rivers, South America. No types known. Name available from plate and caption on p. 216. Description is on p. 173, as "Serrasalmo albus, dorso..."; if albus is regarded as an available name, Fink serves as first reviser selecting cariba (see Fink 1993:669 [ref. 20937]). •Synonym of Pygocentrus notatus (Lütken 1875) -- (Fuller et al. 1999:189 [ref. 25838]). •More likely a species of Serrasalmus -- (Nico 2001:139 [ref. 25828]). •Valid as Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Fink 1993:680 [ref. 20937], Machado-Allison et al. 2000:64 [ref. 26045], Machado-Allison 2002:58 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061] with authors as Humboldt & Valenciennes, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633] with authors as Humboldt & Valenciennes, Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:84 [ref. 35773], Chuctaya et al. 2022:31 [ref. 42137], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: Apuré and Orinoco rivers (Colombia and Venezuela); upper Amazon River (Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

caribe, Serrasalmus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:279 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Orinoco River, Venezuela. No types known. Appeared first as Serrasalmo cariba Humboldt in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821: Pl. 27 (fig. 1). •Valid as Pygocentrus caribe (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Machado-Allison & Fink 1991:122 [ref. 22050], Taphorn 1992:308 [ref. 23654]). •See account of Serrasalmo cariba Humboldt. •Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Machado-Allison 2002:58 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

ferox, Serrasalmo Swainson [W.] 1838:254 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Based on Spix, Pl. 28. •Synonym of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:421 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

nattereri, Pygocentrus Kner [R.] 1858:166 [6] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 22); ref. 18871] Cuiabá and Mato Grosso, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 10585-86 (1, 1), ?16167 (1, dry). Also appeared in Kner 1860:36 [p. 28 in separate], Pl. 3 (fig. 8) [ref. 7130] as new. •Valid as Serrasalmus nattereri (Kner 1858) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:30 [ref. 37559], Géry 1972:239 [ref. 1594], Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Gómez & Chebez 1996:51 [ref. 23791]). •Valid as Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858 -- (Fink 1993:672 [ref. 20937] with type locality comments, Chang & Ortega 1995:5 [ref. 24302], Fink & Zelditch 1997:179 [ref. 22686], Britski et al. 1999:62 [ref. 24147], Fuller et al. 1999:189 [ref. 25838], Keith et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24547], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Litz & Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33622], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Sarmiento et al. 2014:92, 187 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:415 [ref. 34561], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701], Melo et al. 2016:374 [ref. 35317], Mirande & Koerber 2015:16 [ref. 35117], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565] with author as (Kner 1858), Petry et al. 2016:303 [ref. 34966], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35267], Dickens 2019:166 [ref. 37135], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Careaga et al. 2020:76 [ref. 37774], Silvano et al. 2020:182 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:31 [ref. 42137], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Koerber et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:29 [ref. 41297], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Loureiro et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40506], Nagy et al. 2023:357 [ref. 40348], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41573], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:57 [ref. 41258], Gowert et al. 2025:2 [ref. 42286]). Current status: Valid as Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, Paraguay-Paraná River basin, northeastern Brazilian coastal rivers and Essequibo River basin (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay). Introduced in southeastern Brazil, Italy, Romania and Turkey. IUCN (2024): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

notatus, Serrasalmo (Pygocentrus) Lütken [C. F.] 1875:238 [49] [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1874 (nos 12-16); ref. 17563] Caracas, Venezuela. Syntype: ZMUC 517 (1) Puerto Cabello. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:45 [ref. 9588]. On p. 49 of separate. •Synonym of Pygocentrus caribe (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Machado-Allison & Fink 1991:122 [ref. 22050], Taphorn 1992:308 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Pygocentrus notatus (Lütken 1875) -- (Fuller et al. 1999:189 [ref. 25838]). •Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Fink 1993:684 [ref. 20937], Machado-Allison et al. 2000:64 [ref. 26045], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Machado-Allison 2002:58 [ref. 27640], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

piranha, Serrasalmo Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:71, Pl. 28 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Rio São Francisco, at Januária, 15°29'37"S, 44°21'25"W, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Reference to Cuvier [1819] as author of this name is in error. As Serrasalmo pirainha on plate. Comments on type locality see Koerber 2021:88 [ref. 38172]. •Synonym of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819) -- (Fink 1993:670 [ref. 20937], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:421 [ref. 40817] with author as Agassiz). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

piraya, Serrasalmus Cuvier [G.] 1819:368, Pl. 28 (fig. 4) [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 5; ref. 1017] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8630 [stuffed]. Non-type: MNHN A-8631 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:25 [ref. 19577]. •Valid as Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819) -- (Fink 1993:671 [ref. 20937], Britski 2001:21 [ref. 26046], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Belei et al. 2012:767 [ref. 39473], Silva et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37809], Ota et al. 2024:421 [ref. 40817], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:57 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco River basin (Brazil). Introduced in Rio Doce (southeastern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

stigmaterythraeus, Pygocentrus Fowler [H. W.] 1911:424, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 63; ref. 1383] La Pedrita, Caño Uracoa, Venezuela. Holotype: ANSP 37868. Paratype: ANSP 37869 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:54 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Machado-Allison & Fink 1991:122 [ref. 22050], Taphorn 1992:308 [ref. 23654], Fink 1993:684 [ref. 20937], Machado-Allison et al. 2000:64 [ref. 26045], Machado-Allison 2002:58 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

ternetzi, Serrasalmo (Pygocentrus) Steindachner [F.] 1908:359 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 45 (no. 18) (for 9 July 1908); ref. 18800] Rio Paraguay at Descalvados, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW (lost). •Valid as Serrasalmus ternetzi Steindachner 1908 -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:51 [ref. 23791]). •Synonym of Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858 -- (Fink 1993:680 [ref. 20937], Fink & Zelditch 1997:179 [ref. 22686], Britski et al. 1999:62 [ref. 24147], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27366], Litz & Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:16 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35267], Ota et al. 2024:420 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus nattereri Kner 1858. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.