Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 22-23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018848
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scientific name	Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858
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Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 View in CoL [I]—Maculatus piranha

Taxonomy. Original description: Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858: 166 View in CoL [6] [Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil; lectotype: NMW 17995 View Materials ].—Iraq synonyms: None. — Revisions: Jégu & Santos (2001: 119).— Illustration: Jégu & Santos (2001: 122, fig. 1B) .

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Jawad and Qasim (2019).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Introduce somewehere in Tigris and Euphrates rivers drainages.— General distribution: South America: Amazon and Paraguay-Paraná River basin ( Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay).—Habitat: This species occurs usually in small groups of up to 20 individuals, which appear to have a definite range within a pond or a creek. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).