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'''Dino Piranhas''' are giant [[Piranha Plant]]s resembling [[Petey Piranha]] with a dinosaur-like body that hatch from eggs. They appear as bosses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Every battle is started after [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] crash into their egg after being shot from a [[Launch Star]], causing them to hatch and chase after him. They are split between a normal purple type and a black, fiery type; the latter are distinguished as '''Dino Piranha | '''Dino Piranhas''' are giant [[Piranha Plant]]s resembling [[Petey Piranha]] with a dinosaur-like body that hatch from eggs. They appear as bosses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Every battle is started after [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] crash into their egg after being shot from a [[Launch Star]], causing them to hatch and chase after him. They are split between a normal purple type and a black, fiery type; the latter are distinguished as '''Black Dino Piranha'''<ref>[www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of January 2025 update</ref><ref>[www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of January 2025 update</ref> or '''Dino Piranha (Black)''',<ref>[archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en Previous revision of English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of August 2022</ref><ref>[archive.today/2022.08.12-233946/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=enPrevious revision of English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of August 2022</ref> though '''Fiery Dino Piranha'''<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=November 9, 2007|page=262|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=258, 262|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> (taken from [[Fiery Dino Piranha|the mission title]] from the first game and sometimes written with a "the" at the beginning)<ref>{{cite|author=Black|page=289|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition}}</ref> has also been used. The [[King Kaliente]]s and [[Gobblegut]]s are similarly paired between a normal version and a fire-based blackened version. The Dino Piranhas share their boss theme with [[Tarantox]]. | ||
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