Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1837
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Serrasalmus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familySerrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilySerrasalminae Bleeker, 1859
- genusSerrasalmus Lacepède, 1803
- speciesSerrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1837
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Serrasalmus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Serrasalmus eigenmanni Norman, 1929 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus elongatus Kner, 1858 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus gouldingi Fink & Machado-Allison, 1992 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes, 1850 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus manueli (Fernández-Yépez & Ramírez, 1967) | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus nigricauda Burmeister, 1861 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus scotopterus Jardine, 1841 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus serrulatus (Valenciennes, 1850) | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1858 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus undulatus Jardine, 1841 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrasalmus brandtii Lütken, 1875 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Serrasalme marginatus Valenciennes, 1837 Valenciennes, 1837 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Valenciennes, A. (1834). Poissons [plates]. In: A. d’Orbigny. Voyage Dans l’Amérique Méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text Published in 1847 [Ref. 5010]. Dates of Publication of the Plates Are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [Ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [Ref. 13447] Do Not Provide a Date for The, Pls. 1–16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4WXBL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.