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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Piranha. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Jurassic-era piranha is world's earliest flesh-eating fish. | Apr 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Matter - Piranha Predation Could Not Have Driven the Evolution of Arapaima gigas Scales. | Feb 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Californias Invaders: Piranha. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - The piranha gut microbiome provides a selective lens into river water biodiversity. | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The piranha genome provides molecular insight associated to its unique feeding behavior. | Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Becker - The piranha genome provides molecular insight associated to its unique feeding behavior (PDF). | Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - One thousand DNA barcodes of piranhas and pacus reveal geographic structure and unrecognised diversity in the Amazon. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Washington - Piranha fish swap old teeth for new simultaneously. | Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Berkshire Museum - Piranhas: More Bark Than Bite. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Piranha Genome Provides Molecular Insight Associated to Its Unique Feeding Behavior. | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Mar 30, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Spruce Pets - Piranhas: How Dangerous Are They? | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Facts About Piranhas. | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Piranha Fish. | Jan 25, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Piranhas: Busting a Few Myth. | May 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Piranha. | Feb 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Grasshopper. | Feb 01, 2013 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Nov 21, 2011 | ||
| Text added describing the lobetoothed piranha (P. denticulata), the San Francisco piranha (P. piraya), and the debate surrounding the classification of "true" piranhas. | Oct 14, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jul 11, 2011 | ||
| Added image of piranhas. | May 27, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Extreme Science - The Most Ferocious - Piranha. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Piranha. | Apr 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Piranha. | May 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Piranha. | Mar 03, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 14, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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