?? Here is the short version of the story! The supplier said it was a Black Piranha and I said is it a Rhombeus and he said yes. I then posted these same pics on another site and most said it was a Black Piranha (Rhombues) but the goto I.D. guy said it looks like an undescribed species he has and can't say whether its a Rhom or a Compressus. So I just wanted to see what other people thought. I wanted a Rhom,I bought a Rhom and hope its a Rhom cause its going into a 180 gallon tank. I definetly don't want a 7 to 8 inch Compressus.
I had already bought a Black Piranha at a lfs about 3 weeks ago. When I brought it home I took pics and posted them. Everybody said it was a Sanchezi!. I told they local fish store what I had found out and they took it back and gave me credit. They said they were just going by what their supplier said. Here are some pics of the Sanchezi I got instead of a Rhom.
instead, you'll have a 7 to 8 inch Rhom for a while and maybe in 2 years, if u have excellent conditions, he'll be between 10 and 12 inches...rhoms are very slow growers, hope you knew...
he looks like either a guyana rhom or xingu... not to sure seeing how there are so many varieties. but i would def. say it's not a compressus.
the second pics are definetly a sanchezi