help!! jk no help need just a question

[STXman]

are pacus a form of piranhas???

 

[Tango374]

Nope.
Just look very similar especially when juviniles.

Quite often they are caught in local rivers and lakes in the US and labeled "piranhas" but they are not.

 

[STXman]

haha wow they name em piranhas thats weird but what family are they part of???

 

[Zander_The_RBP]

Family Characidae (tetras)

Subfamily Serrasalminae (piranhas and their relatives)



Piranhas include anytihng within the genera serrasalmus, pygocentrus, pygopristis, pristobrycon, and depending on who you are talking to, catoprion anything else in the serrasalminae subfamily that does not fall into one of those genera are either a silver dollar or pacu.

if you going to call them anything call them tetra's atleast that is scientificaly correct (same could be said for piranhas i geuss)

 

[gazelle]

Nope.
Just look very similar especially when juviniles.

Quite often they are caught in local rivers and lakes in the US and labeled "piranhas" but they are not.

Yep and all it gives is stupid agencies a reason to shut us down>.<