| Pygocentrus piraya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Pygocentrus |
| Species: | P. piraya
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygocentrus piraya | |
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Serrasalmus Piraya | |
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2022) |
Pygocentrus piraya, often called the piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, and sometimes sold as the man-eating piranha, is a large, aggressive piranha from the São Francisco River basin in Brazil.
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). (2022). "Pygocentrus piraya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186786A1818359. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Pygocentrus piraya". FishBase.