Red-bellied piranha
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| phylum | Chordata | The red-bellied piranha or red piranha is native to South America, found in the Amazon River Basin, coastal rivers of northeastern Brazil, and the basins of the Paraguay and Paraná. The red-bellied piranha has a popular reputation as a ferocious predator, despite being primarily scavengers. As their name suggests, red-bellied piranhas have a reddish tinge to the belly when fully grown, although juveniles are a silver colour with darker spots. They grow to a maximum length of 33 centimetres (13 in) and a weight of 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb). Females can be distinguished from males by the slightly deeper red color of their bellies.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Characiformes | |
| family | Holocentridae | |
| genus | Pygocentrus | |
| species | P. nattereri |
