| Populärnamn | Pirá-açá |
| Språk | Portuguese |
| Dialect | Tupi-guarani |
| Typ | Vernacular |
| Officiellt handelsnamn | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Land | Brazil |
| Observationsplats | |
| Ref. | Santos, E.P., 1982 |
| Utvecklingsstadium | juveniles and adults |
| Kön | females and males |
| Bas | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Anmärkningar | Pirá = fish with no scales+ açá = probably a variation of acá = savage Brazilian tree (Tibiriçá, 1984); acá also could be a variation of aca = bitter or with horns (Bueno, 1998) |