Author: (Cuvier, 1819)
FBname: Lobetoothed piranha
Remark: See Géry (1972:209), Jégu & Santos (1988a:242) and Machado-Allison & Fink (1996:13) for detailed morphology. See Machado-Allison & Fink (1996:14) for distribution in Venezuela.
Comments: Rare (Ref. 12225).  Possesses powerful dentition that can cause serious bites.