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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae ()
Etymology: Serrasalmus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus + Latin, salmo = salmon (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous. Tropical, preferred ?; 0°S - 3°S

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South America: Amazon River basin, Uatumã River in Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39031)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 35 - 38. distal black stripe on caudal fin; 4 supraneurals before dorsal pterygiophores; height of abdominal serrae 4.4-5.8% of SL, interorbitary distance 8.8-10.1% of SL; body depth 47.4-57.4% of SL; color of lateral body dark; humeral blotch well marked.

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Merckx, A., M. Jégu and G. Mendes Dos Santos, 2000. Une nouvelle espèce de Serrasalmus (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae), S. altispinis n. sp., décrite du rio uatumã (Amazonas, Brésil) avec une description complémentaire de S. rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) du plateau Guyanais. Cybium 24(2):181-201. (Ref. 36224)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Serrasalmus altispinis Merckx, Jégu & Santos, 2000