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A piranha or piraña (/ p ɪ ˈ r ɑː n j ə ˌ-r æ n /, or / p ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə /; Portuguese: [piˈɾɐ̃ɲɐ], Spanish:) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the family Serrasalmidae, [1] or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae [2] in order Characiformes.
Piranha 3D is a 2010 American 3D horror comedy film and a remake of the 1978 film Piranha. It was directed by Alexandre Aja and sports an ensemble cast featuring Steven R. McQueen , Jessica Szohr , Jerry O'Connell , Richard Dreyfuss , Christopher Lloyd , Elisabeth Shue , Adam Scott , Kelly Brook , Riley Steele , Ving Rhames and Eli Roth .
Piranha (also known as Piranhas) is a 1995 American made-for-television horror film directed by Scott P. Levy. It is about a school of killer piranhas descending upon the bustling Lost River Lake Resort. Executive produced by Roger Corman for the Showtime network, the film is a remake of the 1978 film of the same name and part of the Piranha ...
Piranha is a 1978 American comedy horror film [4] directed and co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman , Heather Menzies , Kevin McCarthy , Keenan Wynn , Barbara Steele , and Dick Miller .
Piranha, also known as Piranha, Piranha or Caribe, is a 1972 Venezuelan adventure-thriller film starring William Smith, Peter Brown and Ahna Capri. Smith and Brown had previously starred together in the Laredo Western TV series.
This characteristic combined with its large size make it a danger to humans. Piranha's attacks on humans are anecdotal for the most part. The piranha mostly prefers to eat small fish and insects, along with seeds and aquatic plant material. The pygocentrus piraya plays a key role in their ecosystem by regulating the population of other fish [5]
Piranha; Directed by: Andrey Kavun: Screenplay by: Dmitry Zverkov: Based on: Piranya protiv vorov 2004 novel by Aleksandr Bushkov: Produced by: Valery Todorovsky Ilya Neretin: Starring: Vladimir Mashkov Svetlana Antonova Yevgeny Mironov: Cinematography: Roman Vasyanov: Edited by: Aleksey Bobrov: Music by: Dmitry Taravkov Vitaliy Artist
The black piranha was first formally described in 1766 as Salmo rhombeus with the type locality given as Brokopondo on the Suriname River in Surinam. [6] When Bernard Germain de Lacépède created the genus Serrasalmus in 1803 the only species he placed in it was Salmo rhombeus , so this species is the type species of its genus. [ 7 ]