Dino Piranha

Dino Piranha appeared in 2007 video game called Super Mario Galaxy. Dino Piranha is a large boss in Super Mario Galaxy. He resides in the Good Egg Galaxy. He is found inside an egg when Mario first encounters him. The top of his egg becomes cracked when Mario crashes into him after being shot from a Launch Star on the preceding planet, thereby exposing his tail. Dino Piranha then begins moving slowly around the planetoid from inside the egg, and when Mario Spins the large ball on the end of his tail, the shell breaks, revealing Dino Piranha, initiating the battle.

Dino Piranha, along with King Kaliente, Major Burrows, Bouldergeist, and Fiery Dino Piranha, also appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Boss Blitz Galaxy. A boss that very closely resembles Dino Piranha called Peewee Piranha appears in the first level of the Sky Station Galaxy. Dino Piranha must be fought a total of four times in both games.

Dino Piranha's head looks similar to Petey Piranha, despite the fact that the color of his head is purple with white spots when relaxed, as opposed to red with white spots. His body is much different than Petey Piranha. Dino Piranha's body beneath the giant Piranha Plant head is that of a dinosaur's, (as would be expected given the name) with a green hue. His tail has a brown club at the end which may be inspired by the club of a real life Ankylosaurs. When he first breaks out of his egg his head is purple, but when enraged he turns red with anger. Dino Piranha also can be seen in the ending celebrating the Universe being recreated in Toad Town.