Piranha beetles were a species of beetle native to the moon Yavin 4. The beetles harassed runyips while the other species foraged on the floor of the moon's forests.^[1]

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Piranha beetles first appeared in Champions of the Force, a Star Wars Legends novel written by Kevin J. Anderson and released in 1994. The species was confirmed to be canon by the reference book Ultimate Star Wars, which was released in 2015.

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• Ultimate Star Wars (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: Galactic Atlas (First pictured)
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 76 (Databank A-Z: Xev Xrexus–Yavin 4)
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

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