piranha id please

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zigg

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can someone id this piranha for me?

i was thinking serrasalmus maculatus but im no good with id :nilly:

hes about 5 inches
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i feel like youll have to wait until he a bit more mature before you can get a proper ID. i can see the golden sheen on his scales there, but he does have the token dark orange anal fin of a rbp. those eyes though, i love that orage iris. this one will be a pretty fish.
 
that's pygocentrus nattereri aka rbp, tikoisdabest gave you the correct ID, who ever sold it to you gave you the incorrect info if it lead you to think it's a serrasalmus maculatuse.
 
well thats pretty disapointing lol. i bought 6 "gold piranhas " from cichlid station and they all killed each other until this one was left within a month. i got them at mabe 3/4".

ive added rbp to his tank that were the same size and next to each other they look very different. out of the 3 rbp's ive added i dont think any have lasted more than a day in the tank before they were half eaten.

he seems way more aggresive than any rbp ive seen. he bit almost completely through a screen divider to get to a fish on the other side a few days ago
 
well you got yourself a nut case red then, keep it solo
 
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