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View Mode View All Pictures Species Serrasalmus elongatus Kner    Serrasalmus elongatus was originally described as Serrasalmus elongatus by Kner in 1858. It belongs to the family Serrasalmidae. It is commonly known as Slender piranha and is known in USA (contiguous states) as Slender piranha. more common names It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Amazon and Orinoco River basins: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Kner [R.] AuthorNI   Kner Qualification   --- Year   1858 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Characiformes Family   Serrasalmidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Serrasalmus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Family   Serrasalmidae Genus   Serrasalmus Original Name   Serrasalmus         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Serrasalmus elongatus Original Genus   Serrasalmus Original Genus Species   Serrasalmus elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Serrasalmus Original Author   Kner Original AuthorWI   Kner [R.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1858 Original Family   Serrasalmidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Types   Possible syntypes: NMW 904 (1), 16240 (1, dry), 16343 (1, day), 16345 (1, dry), 57016 (1), Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Journal   Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Citation   v. 32 (no. 22) Page   167 [7] SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Serrasalmus elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus   Serrasalmus Current AuthorWI   Kner [R.] Current AuthorNI   Kner Current Year   1858 Current Family   Serrasalmidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   pelagic         Water   Fresh water     Distribution   Amazon and Orinoco River basins: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Current Summary   Valid as Serrasalmus elongatus  Kner 1858. Serrasalmidae.   Name History   • Valid as Serrasalmus elongatus  Kner 1858 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:334 [ref. 23654], Machado-Allison 2002:74 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:190 [ref. 27061], Machado-Allison et al. 2009:128 [ref. 30953]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (53 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   aesopus Serrasalmus aesopus Cope [E. D.] 1872 Synonym altispinis Serrasalmus altispinis Merckx [A.], Jégu [M.] & dos Santos [G. M.] 2000 Valid altuvei Serrasalmus altuvei Ramírez [M. V.] 1965 Valid antoni Serrasalmus antoni (Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1965) Synonym aureus Serrasalmus aureus   Synonym auriventris Serrasalmus auriventris (Burmeister [H. K.] 1861) Valid bilineatus Serrasalmus bilineatus (Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909) Synonym boekeri Serrasalmus boekeri Ahl [E.] 1931 Synonym brandtii Serrasalmus brandtii Lütken [C. F.] (ex Reinhardt) 1875 Valid calmoni Serrasalmus calmoni Steindachner [F.] 1908 Synonym cariba Serrasalmus cariba (Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821) Synonym caribe Serrasalmus caribe Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850 Synonym citharus Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809 Synonym coccogenis Serrasalmus coccogenis Fowler [H. W.] 1911 Synonym compressus Serrasalmus compressus Jégu [M.], Leão [E. L. M.] & dos Santos [G. M.] 1991 Valid denticulatus Serrasalmus denticulatus Cuvier [G.] 1819 Synonym eigenmanni Serrasalmus eigenmanni Norman [J. R.] 1929 Valid fernandezi Serrasalmus fernandezi Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1965 Synonym geryi Serrasalmus geryi Jégu [M.] & dos Santos [G. M.] 1988 Valid gibbus Serrasalmus gibbus Castelnau [F. L. de] 1855 Valid gouldingi Serrasalmus gouldingi Fink [W. L.] & Machado-Allison [A.] 1992 Valid gymnogenys Serrasalmus gymnogenys Günther [A.] 1864 Synonym hastatus Serrasalmus hastatus Fink [W. L.] & Machado-Allison [A.] 2001 Valid hollandi Serrasalmus hollandi Eigenmann [C. H.] 1915 Valid humeralis Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 3 (53 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…