piranha id please

[zigg]

can someone id this piranha for me?

i was thinking serrasalmus maculatus but im no good with id

hes about 5 inches

 

[tikoisdabest]

pygocentrus Nattereri aka red bellied piranha

 

[zigg]

pygocentrus Nattereri aka red bellied piranha

are you sure? was sold as a gold piranha.

its hard to see the color in the pics, there from my phone

 

[Sm0ke]

Not a gold piranha...

 

[JML1997]

pygocentrus Nattereri aka red bellied piranha

Doesn't look anything like a RBP, IMO

 

[iHonesty]

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.

 

[jp80911]

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.

 

[welsher7]

+1 on the RBP id

 

[zigg]

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

 

[jp80911]

well you got yourself a nut case red then, keep it solo