View Full Version : Jet Black Pygocentrus Piranha
Hello All,
Just wanted to share some pictures of some very rare, hardly ever seen before Piranha that I am trying to bring in from my Colombian exporter. Seems they may be some kind of Black Pygocentrus Nattereri.
Hope you like them.
Nickg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/piranhaboss/piranha_1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/piranhaboss/piranha_3.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/piranhaboss/DSCF1538.jpg
awesome looking P, very sparkly
JD7.62
10-22-2006, 7:56 PM
Dude that is just a normal looking natt in breedig colors. Are you sure that they are always like that?
Dont worry, that was the first thing I thought but the collectors say they catch them this colour all year round and all sizes. Also the dealers holding them say they never loose this colour and sometime they have them in stock for some weeks.
Also, there are variants of P.cariba in Colombia that are almost black and there have been catches of these fish pictured above before, but not for a long time.
Nick
JD7.62
10-22-2006, 8:16 PM
If they stay like that, that is one bad ass looking piranha!
RadleyMiller
10-22-2006, 8:41 PM
that Pirahna looks amazing, I love the coloring
RuXPiN
10-22-2006, 8:50 PM
Dude that is just a normal looking natt in breedig colors. Are you sure that they are always like that?
thats the first thing i thought too
importracer
10-22-2006, 9:22 PM
I don't know, but super fish anyways.....What are we talking about here for a 3-4 incher, maybe $60(hope not)....My pairs look exactly like that when breeding...But if you know what you're talking about, then let's get some over here(USA) asap....
Snake_Eyes
10-22-2006, 10:49 PM
If they stayed black I would be all over them. Breeding colors or not black pygos are the sh*t. :headbang2
ewurm
10-22-2006, 11:05 PM
Those are some evil looking fish! Awesome!
i use to have a p that looked EXACTLY like that. Was black all year round and had gold specs to it. Was a beautiful piranha, big too. It was about 8 inches when it passed away.
Paulice
10-23-2006, 6:37 AM
Looks like reds are black in fashion
i use to have a p that looked EXACTLY like that. Was black all year round and had gold specs to it. Was a beautiful piranha, big too. It was about 8 inches when it passed away.
I think you may have been one of the lucky ones then sqratch as the renowned Piranha author and scientist Fink detailed a certain type of P.nattereri found in certain stretches showed a total black colouration all year and had gold "spangels" on their flanks.
Nickg
leviathon13
10-23-2006, 9:11 AM
:drool:
oh didn't know it was that rare. I did pay quite a bit for it tho. I wish i still had pictures. I had it when predatoryfish.net was still around
Piranhanick
10-25-2006, 1:36 AM
I have seen very few p's like that before. The guy who turned me onto piranha years and years ago had one in particular just like that in his schol. After some investigating on the matter we found that it was a silular type of pygo that a rare fish dealer said gets put into the rounds with smaller reds when shipped to this country. You can't tell when their small but when they grow into their colors they stay that way. And stay that way he did. The fish is still in a 150 show tank in california alive and kicking. the damn thing is like ten years old. My buddy tells me that he has never changed colors and is just different than all the rest. That fish is definietly different than your typical red and probably holds a bit more value too. Anyway cool fish they are hard to find like that in my opinion if he is what i think he is.
kiloindia
10-25-2006, 1:13 PM
Sweet demon!! :headbang2