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===Size=== Depending on the exact species, most piranhas grow to between {{convert|12|and(-)|35|cm|in|abbr=on|0}} long. A few can grow larger, with the largest living species, the [[Red-bellied piranha|red-bellied]], reaching up to {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Pygocentrus| month = March | year = 2018}}</ref><ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Serrasalmus| month = March | year = 2018}}</ref> There are claims of [[SΓ£o Francisco piranha]]s at up to {{convert|60|cm|in|abbr=on}}, but the largest confirmed specimens are considerably smaller.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php%3Flang%3Den%26id%3Dp_piraya | title=Pygocentrus piraya | publisher=piranha-info.com | access-date=25 March 2018 | archive-date=26 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141735/http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=p_piraya | url-status=dead }}</ref> The extinct ''[[Megapiranha]]'' which lived 8β10 million years ago reached about {{convert|71|cm|in|abbr=on}} long,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Grubich |first1= J.R. |last2= Huskey |first2= S. |last3= Crofts |first3= S. |last4= Orti |first4= G. |last5= Porto |first5= J. |title= Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae) |year= 2012 |journal= Scientific Reports |volume= 2 |page= 1009 |doi= 10.1038/srep01009 |pmid= 23259047 |pmc= 3526859 |bibcode= 2012NatSR...2.1009G }}</ref> and possibly even {{convert|128|cm|in|abbr=on|-1}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cione|first1=Alberto Luis|last2=Dahdul|first2=Wasila M.|last3=Lundberg|first3=John G.|last4=Machado-Allison|first4=Antonio|date=2009-06-12|title=Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=29|issue=2|pages=350β358|doi=10.1671/039.029.0221|bibcode=2009JVPal..29..350C |s2cid=86046546|issn=0272-4634}}</ref>
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