What species is the Piranha?

[Mystus Redtail]

Need some help from the P experts.

Thanks,

Mystus

 

[thewaterboy]

red belly

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Must be a bad pic. It's a black of some sort.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Maybe this is better.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

One last one.

 

[jp80911]

definitely not the common red belly piranha (pygocentrus nattereri)
how big is it? looks like a serrasalmus sanchezi, a nice one at that. any chance of taking a up close picture of it's scutes

 

[tellemuno]

definitely not the common red belly piranha (pygocentrus nattereri)
how big is it? looks like a serrasalmus sanchezi, a nice one at that. any chance of taking a up close picture of it's scutes

2x

 

[Mystus Redtail]

I'll try, he's quick, pushing 6" TL

 

[brich999]

not common rbp never seen one of those

 

[jp80911]

I'll try, he's quick, pushing 6" TL

Still hard to see from that angle.