Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Actinopterygii [classis]
Characiformes [ordo]
Serrasalmidae [familia]
Piaractus [genus]
Genus Piaractus Eigenmann, 1903 contains the following taxa:
Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) [species]