Piranha (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Piranha" in English language version.

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5 arrested for selling piranhas in Philippines Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Agence France-Presse. 12 March 2011

adital.com.br

Gonçalves, Alfredo J. (10 July 2007). "Boi de Piranha". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.

badmanstropicalfish.com

Black-finned Pacu Fish, Colossoma macropomum Profile with care, maintenance requirements and breeding information for your tropical fish. Badmanstropicalfish.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2012.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

BBC News Online (2 July 2007). "Piranha 'less deadly than feared'". Retrieved 2 July 2007.

bellaonline.com

Geiger, Diana Piranha as Pets – Exotic Pets. bellaonline.com

books.google.com

Goulding, M (1980). The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History. University of California Press. pp. 153–170. ISBN 978-0-520-04131-8.
Sousa, Gabriel Soares de (1587). "Que trata da natureza e feições do peixe de agua doce". Notícia do Brasil [Brazil's Notice] (in Portuguese) (published 1851). p. 301.
Onofrio-Grimm, O. (1993). Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). American Indian Publishers. pp. 209–210. ISBN 978-0-937862-28-5.
Weatherford, J.M. (1985). Tribes on the Hill. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-89789-071-7.
Méthraux, A. (1948). "Tribes of Eastern Bolivia and the Madeira Headwaters". In Steward, J.H. (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 3. pp. 389, 402, 452.
van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. pp. 172–193. ISBN 978-0-691-17074-9.

cnn.com

news.blogs.cnn.com

Hanna, Jason (13 July 2012). "City cancels piranha bounty as other fish slaughtered". This Just In (blog). CNN Blogs. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

doi.org

Freeman, Barbie; Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1484: 2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1484.1.1. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
Freeman, Barbie; Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1484 (4): 1–38. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.384132.x. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
Grubich, J.R.; Huskey, S.; Crofts, S.; Orti, G.; Porto, J. (2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2.1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Cione, Alberto Luis; Dahdul, Wasila M.; Lundberg, John G.; Machado-Allison, Antonio (12 June 2009). "Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 350–358. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..350C. doi:10.1671/039.029.0221. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86046546.
Grubich, Justin R.; Huskey, Steve; Crofts, Stephanie; Orti, Guillermo; Porto, Jorge (20 December 2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2E1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Nico, L.G.; D.C. Taphorn (1988). "Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela". Biotropica. 20 (4): 311–321. Bibcode:1988Biotr..20..311N. doi:10.2307/2388321. JSTOR 2388321.
Piorski, Nivaldo Magalhães; Alves, José de Ribamar Lima; Machado, Monica Rejany Barros; Correia, Maria Marlucia Ferreira (2005). "Alimentação e ecomorfologia de duas espécies de piranhas (Characiformes: Characidae) do lago de Viana, estado do Maranhão, Brasil". Acta Amazonica (in Portuguese). 35: 63. doi:10.1590/S0044-59672005000100010. Lay summary
Mol, Jan H. (2006). "Attacks on humans by the piranha Serrasalmus rhombeus in Suriname". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 41 (3): 189–195. Bibcode:2006SNFE...41..189M. doi:10.1080/01650520600630683. S2CID 84429161.
Queiroz, Helder; Magurran, Anne E (2005). "Safety in numbers? Shoaling behaviour of the Amazonian red-bellied piranha". Biology Letters. 1 (2): 155–7. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2004.0267. PMC 1626212. PMID 17148153.

ecoterrabrasil.com.br

"Piranhas vermelhas são medrosas e comem vegetais". EcoTerra Brasil. 2004. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011.

etymonline.com

Harper, Douglas. "piranha". Online Etymology Dictionary.

fishbase.org

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Characidae". FishBase.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pygocentrus". FishBase. March 2018 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Serrasalmus". FishBase. March 2018 version.

globo.com

g1.globo.com

"Ataque de piranhas deixa 15 feridos em 'prainha' no Rio Tietê". globo.com. 5 October 2009.
Martins, Kelly (16 November 2011). "Praia no Rio Paraguai tem quase um ataque de piranhas por dia em MT". globo.com.
"Palmas registra 190 ataques de piranhas desde janeiro". globo.com. 16 July 2007.

harvard.edu

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Grubich, J.R.; Huskey, S.; Crofts, S.; Orti, G.; Porto, J. (2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2.1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Cione, Alberto Luis; Dahdul, Wasila M.; Lundberg, John G.; Machado-Allison, Antonio (12 June 2009). "Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 350–358. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..350C. doi:10.1671/039.029.0221. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86046546.
Grubich, Justin R.; Huskey, Steve; Crofts, Stephanie; Orti, Guillermo; Porto, Jorge (20 December 2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2E1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Nico, L.G.; D.C. Taphorn (1988). "Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela". Biotropica. 20 (4): 311–321. Bibcode:1988Biotr..20..311N. doi:10.2307/2388321. JSTOR 2388321.
Mol, Jan H. (2006). "Attacks on humans by the piranha Serrasalmus rhombeus in Suriname". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 41 (3): 189–195. Bibcode:2006SNFE...41..189M. doi:10.1080/01650520600630683. S2CID 84429161.

heraldsun.com.au

"Net to take bite out of Brazilian piranhas". Herald Sun. 10 July 2007.

howstuffworks.com

animals.howstuffworks.com

Layton, Julia (30 June 2008). "Can piranhas really strip a cow to the bone in under a minute?". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 22 May 2009.

ibtimes.com

Mintz, Zoe (26 December 2013) Piranha Attack In Argentina Injures More Than 70, Fish Tore 'Bits Of Flesh' Off Swimmers On Christmas. ibtimes.com

independent.co.uk

"Girl, 6, dies after piranhas eat her legs when canoe capsizes on family holiday". The Independent. 4 February 2015.

jstor.org

Nico, L.G.; D.C. Taphorn (1988). "Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela". Biotropica. 20 (4): 311–321. Bibcode:1988Biotr..20..311N. doi:10.2307/2388321. JSTOR 2388321.

lanacion.com.py

"Pirañas atacaron de nuevo, ahora en San Pedro: la víctima fue un hombre ahogado en el río Paraguay". La Nacion. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

latimes.com

travel.latimes.com

Robinson, Joe (22 November 2005). "Rumble in the jungle with Amazon's killer piranha". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

mapress.com

Freeman, Barbie; Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1484: 2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1484.1.1. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
Freeman, Barbie; Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1484 (4): 1–38. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.384132.x. Retrieved 22 June 2009.

nationalgeographic.com

environment.nationalgeographic.com

Howard, Brian Clark, Brian Clark Howard (31 October 2011). "13 Scariest Freshwater Fish: Piranha". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

nih.gov

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Grubich, J.R.; Huskey, S.; Crofts, S.; Orti, G.; Porto, J. (2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2.1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Grubich, Justin R.; Huskey, Steve; Crofts, Stephanie; Orti, Guillermo; Porto, Jorge (20 December 2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2E1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Queiroz, Helder; Magurran, Anne E (2005). "Safety in numbers? Shoaling behaviour of the Amazonian red-bellied piranha". Biology Letters. 1 (2): 155–7. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2004.0267. PMC 1626212. PMID 17148153.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Grubich, J.R.; Huskey, S.; Crofts, S.; Orti, G.; Porto, J. (2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2.1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Grubich, Justin R.; Huskey, Steve; Crofts, Stephanie; Orti, Guillermo; Porto, Jorge (20 December 2012). "Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)". Scientific Reports. 2: 1009. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2E1009G. doi:10.1038/srep01009. PMC 3526859. PMID 23259047.
Queiroz, Helder; Magurran, Anne E (2005). "Safety in numbers? Shoaling behaviour of the Amazonian red-bellied piranha". Biology Letters. 1 (2): 155–7. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2004.0267. PMC 1626212. PMID 17148153.

nytimes.com

Red-Bellied Piranha Is Really Yellow New York Times (24 May 2003).

piranha-info.com

"Pygocentrus piraya". piranha-info.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Cione, Alberto Luis; Dahdul, Wasila M.; Lundberg, John G.; Machado-Allison, Antonio (12 June 2009). "Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 350–358. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..350C. doi:10.1671/039.029.0221. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86046546.
Mol, Jan H. (2006). "Attacks on humans by the piranha Serrasalmus rhombeus in Suriname". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 41 (3): 189–195. Bibcode:2006SNFE...41..189M. doi:10.1080/01650520600630683. S2CID 84429161.

terra.com.br

noticias.terra.com.br

"Homem bêbado morre após ser atacado por piranhas na Bolívia". terra.com.br. 7 December 2011.

uol.com.br

tvuol.uol.com.br

"Menina é atacada por piranhas e morre no Amazonas". tvuol.uol.com.br. 25 October 2012.

cienciahoje.uol.com.br

"Experimentos provam que peixes se agrupam para defesa, não para ataque". Ciência Hoje. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.

usgs.gov

nas.er.usgs.gov

Nico, L., Fuller, P. and Neilson, M. Piaractus brachypomus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. Revision Date: 23 August 2013.

washingtonpost.com

Fahrenthold, David A. (29 May 2005) "In River of Many Aliens, Snakehead Looms as Threat", The Washington Post.

web.archive.org

Hanna, Jason (13 July 2012). "City cancels piranha bounty as other fish slaughtered". This Just In (blog). CNN Blogs. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
"Pygocentrus piraya". piranha-info.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
Piorski, Nivaldo Magalhães; Alves, José de Ribamar Lima; Machado, Monica Rejany Barros; Correia, Maria Marlucia Ferreira (2005). "Alimentação e ecomorfologia de duas espécies de piranhas (Characiformes: Characidae) do lago de Viana, estado do Maranhão, Brasil". Acta Amazonica (in Portuguese). 35: 63. doi:10.1590/S0044-59672005000100010. Lay summary
5 arrested for selling piranhas in Philippines Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Agence France-Presse. 12 March 2011
"Piranhas vermelhas são medrosas e comem vegetais". EcoTerra Brasil. 2004. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011.
"Experimentos provam que peixes se agrupam para defesa, não para ataque". Ciência Hoje. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
Gonçalves, Alfredo J. (10 July 2007). "Boi de Piranha". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
Howard, Brian Clark, Brian Clark Howard (31 October 2011). "13 Scariest Freshwater Fish: Piranha". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
Robinson, Joe (22 November 2005). "Rumble in the jungle with Amazon's killer piranha". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Cione, Alberto Luis; Dahdul, Wasila M.; Lundberg, John G.; Machado-Allison, Antonio (12 June 2009). "Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 350–358. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..350C. doi:10.1671/039.029.0221. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86046546.

yahoo.com

br.noticias.yahoo.com

"Balneário no Piauí recebe 100 mil peixes para conter ataque de piranhas". br.noticias.yahoo.com. 12 September 2011.