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title: "Pirania Natterera"
description: "Pygocentrus nattereri — Ryby. The red-bellied piranha, also known as the red piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/redbelly-piranha
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pirania Natterera

> Pygocentrus nattereri — Ryby. The red-bellied piranha, also known as the red piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes.

- Scientific name: *Pygocentrus nattereri*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1315
- Wikidata: [Q928382](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928382)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120226](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120226)

## Names

- en: Redbelly Piranha
- de: Diamant-Piranha
- es: Palometa mora
- fr: Piranha rouge
- nl: Roodbuikpiranha
- pt: Piranha-vermelha
- pl: Pirania Natterera

## Countries with the most observations

BR (120), AR (110), PE (95), EC (51), BO (50), GY (11), CO (9), PY (7), UY (3)

## Summary

The red-bellied piranha, also known as the red piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus, piranhas and related fishes. The red-bellied piranha occurs in South America, found in the Amazon, Paraguay, Paraná and Essequibo basins, as well as coastal rivers of northeastern Brazil. This fish is locally abundant in its freshwater habitat. 
They are carnivorous foragers and feed on insects, worms, crustaceans and fish. As opportunistic feeders, they will also take advantage of edible aquatic plants as well as any fruits, nuts…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_piranha

## Photo

![Pirania Natterera](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/redbelly-piranha/medium.jpg)

Photo: Naturalist Tours · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58438201

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/redbelly-piranha?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).