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The piranha or piraña (pronounced (in SAMPA) /p^hir\`an'j@/ (or /p<sup>h</sup>r\`an'j@), /p^hir\`a'J@/, or /p<sup>h</sup>ir\`an'@/) is a carnivorous freshwater fishAtlantic herring, Clupea harengus one of the most abundant species in the world Photo A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling vertebrate with gills. There are over 27,000 species of fish, making them the most diverse group of vertebrates. living in South American riverMurray River in Australia Australia A river is a large natural waterway. It is a specific term in the vernacular for large streams, stream being the umbrella term used in the scientific community for all flowing natural waterways. In the vernacular, streas. It belongs to the family of serrasalmus . They are about 15 to 25 cmcm redirects here, alternate uses: cm (disambiguation A centimetre (symbol cm American spelling: centimeter is an SI unit of length. One centimetre is: one-hundredth of one metre one-tenth of a decimetre ten millimetres. millimetre << centimetre << decime long (6 to 10 inchAn inch is an Imperial unit of length. Sweden also briefly had a "decimal inch" based on the metric system: see below for more. According to some sources, the inch was originally defined informally as the distance between the tip of the thumb and the firses) long, and known for their sharp teethTooth plural teeth are hard structures found in the jaws of many of the higher animals. They have various structures to allow them to fulfill different purposes. The primary funtion of teeth is to tear and chew food and in some animals, particularly carni and an aggressive appetite for meatMeat is animal flesh (mainly muscle tissue) used as food, sometimes with the exception of fish, other seafood, and poultry. Originally, the word meat meant simply "food". It is also used as a vulgar way to refer to the human body. see meat market. For the. The flesh-eating variety are only known to live in the Amazonian and Paraguayan river systems.

The name 'piranha' may come from a hybrid language composed of Tupi-Guarani languages; it may be a compound word made of the components 'pirá', meaning 'fish', and 'sanha' or 'ranha', meaning 'tooth'. Alternately, it may come from Tupi 'pirá' ('fish') and 'ánha' ('cut').

In the Maroni river in French Guyana a large kind, weighing up to five kilograms, can be found; it seems to be an herbivore. This species hosts colonies of worms in its stomach.

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