View Full Version : Biggest RBP I've ever seen!!
Big Roc
11-27-2006, 12:53 PM
This guy is huge!!! I'd say about 11"-12" with a big ol' bullish head, I was worried that it wouldn't make it when we first got it in. But when i went to the shop the next day, it was swimming around with it's two other buddies. A 8" Notatus(often mistaken for Cariba), and a 7" Orange Piraya. Heres a couple pics, I know they are not the greatest, but I'll post better ones when i take them.
can't really see how big it is. any chance getting better shots? And with something in the shot for comparison
Nice sized buy, if you get him competing against the Piraya in size, he could get bigger!
I have seen a 14 inch (head to tail) red belly before.
Would love to see some better pictures, looks like a beauty.
i have some pics of huge reds easily bigger than 12'' and more like around 14''
also Notatus is an old name for Caribe
finsandfangs
11-27-2006, 8:00 PM
i have seen red bellies at that size, but they were always all black
Big Roc
11-29-2006, 3:53 PM
Heres some more clear shots.......
Lovely 'diamond dust' on him/her.
Do the mixed shoal all behave themselves?
Pfisherman
11-29-2006, 6:48 PM
Nice fish, what are they listing for?
sabotage
11-29-2006, 6:49 PM
thats nuttin
importracer
11-30-2006, 2:11 PM
BIg bullhead.....By the looks of it, I'm guessing it is wild caught.....
Big Roc
11-30-2006, 11:31 PM
Yes, It was wild cought from Brazil, but I since broke up the shoal. The Red was picking on the Piraya, so I just split them all up. You can find a price list under the P.A.E.X. forum under Massive Aggression. And the other fish that looks like a Cariba is a P.Notatus, very similar in appearence kinda like the cousin of the Cariba, but the P.Notatus is from Brazil to where the Cariba is from Venezuela.
JD7.62
12-01-2006, 1:32 AM
The pics in post 6, are they suppose to be the notatus or the red cause it sure looks like a Caribe to me! I mean it has a very prominent humeral spot along with the flat bulldog face all characteristic of P. Caribe.
Oh and last I heard notatus isnt a vailid name any more!
Big Roc
12-04-2006, 7:38 PM
Seeing on how Cariba come from Venezuela Only, This fish would be a Notatus on the fact that this fish came from Brazil, unless I have the brought the first Brazilian Cariba into the States.If that is so, you better buy this one while it's still at the price listed. And if Notatus is an invalid name, then what do they call this type of fish now?
JD7.62
12-05-2006, 2:47 PM
Im 90% sure that fish is P. Caribe. Just because you bought the fish from a wholesaler in Brazil doesnt mean that the fish is from Brazil!
Indeed, i bet you the fish was caught in Venezuela and brought to Brazil where you bought it...
Big Roc
12-06-2006, 4:01 PM
If you want to buy it you can call it whatever you want, but for now its a Notatus.
Pfisherman
12-06-2006, 8:59 PM
I am sure that the fish is indeed from brazil. Shipping fish multiple times (ven. -> Braz -> US) is not all to common, and then it would almost surely be accompanied by a bill of lading stating the fishes orgin
shawntraviss
12-07-2006, 1:59 AM
Seeing on how Cariba come from Venezuela Only, This fish would be a Notatus on the fact that this fish came from Brazil.
If this fish came from Brazil it was brought there by your supplier, end of story.
And if Notatus is an invalid name, then what do they call this type of fish now?
Pygocentrus notatus is now just a synonym of Pygocentrus cariba as is Pygocentrus stigmaterythraeus, Serrasalmo cariba, Serrasalmus cariba and Serrasalmus notatus. So if you still try to sell it as notatus you might as well sell it as the super rare Pygocentrus stigmaterythraeus, just like my ultra rare Rooseveltiella nattereri. Not making fun of you or anything, synonyms can be a ***** espeically if your going by old books etc. But your fish is P. cariba that was moved to your suppliers location, thats all.
bob351
12-07-2006, 2:06 PM
definetly a red look at the eyes thats a dead give away
Dovii dude
12-07-2006, 8:20 PM
Hey ROC,how much for the big guy???:naughty: