Is this a Serrasalmus sanchezi ?

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white_blue_grey

Discussion Starter · Jan 23, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

I am just not 100% sure~~
Apparently, the two fish below are not the same fish~~
it seems one is Rohm and the other is Sanchezi, right?
besides, the fish I bought is the bottom one~~

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rhomkeeper

· #2 · Jan 23, 2009

does sure look to be

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white_blue_grey

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 23, 2009

I am confused, my fish looks exactly looks like this one below and previous owner is a piranha expert and have had different kind of piranha for over 10 years

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huck

· #4 · Jan 23, 2009

Take a closer pic of the belly look at the scoutes

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white_blue_grey

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jan 23, 2009

hi, Mike
I think you are right , it's a Serrasalmus rhombeus , I am new into piranha, they just looks too similar~~

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huck

· #6 · Jan 23, 2009

they do look very close only time will tell i am 99% he is not a sanchezi

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rhomkeeper

· #7 · Jan 23, 2009

post pics of the scutes and a full tail shot. how big is it?

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huck

· #8 · Jan 23, 2009

Scoutes are comparable to a rhom nice and even and uniform

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white_blue_grey

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jan 23, 2009

It's 3" long and just like Mike said, Scoutes are nice and even and uniform

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Z♠NGT♥KER

· #10 · Jan 23, 2009

looks like a rhom to me.....

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rhomkeeper

· #11 · Jan 23, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

white_blue_grey said:
It's 3" long and just like Mike said, Scoutes are nice and even and uniform

after blowing up all the new pics pic on photoshop they do look pretty even, and rhom like but at 3" it could be either, only time will tell that for sure.

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Dr. Giggles

· #12 · Jan 24, 2009

white_blue_grey said:
I am confused, my fish looks exactly looks like this one below and previous owner is a piranha expert and have had different kind of piranha for over 10 years

I thought that pic looked familiar. That is indeed my Sanchezi which I am glad to say is still alive and healthy 5 years + later.

Thanks for the expert comment, but i am far from expert

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Buckman

· #13 · Jan 24, 2009

looks more like a rhom to me too.

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white_blue_grey

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jan 24, 2009

Dr. Giggles said:
I am confused, my fish looks exactly looks like this one below and previous owner is a piranha expert and have had different kind of piranha for over 10 years

I thought that pic looked familiar. That is indeed my Sanchezi which I am glad to say is still alive and healthy 5 years + later.

Thanks for the expert comment, but i am far from expert

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yea, they actually use your picture as one of the sample of S.Rhom
and here is the link:http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=s_rhombeus

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Piranha Guru

· #15 · Jan 24, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

If your fish is the one in the bottom picture, then I'm going to have to go with S. sanchezi. It's is hard to distinguish serras at that size...especially between rhom and sanchezi. I count 15 dorsal fin rays which inidicates sanchezi and not rhom.

The one in the top picture appears to be S. sanchezi too.

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JustJoshinYa

· #16 · Jan 25, 2009

hey teach i would love to see an updated pic of that sanchezi from 5 years wow, dont mean to derail but i want to see how it has progressed.
thanks
-Josh

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Piranha Guru

· #17 · Jan 25, 2009

JustJoshinYa said:
hey teach i would love to see an updated pic of that sanchezi from 5 years wow, dont mean to derail but i want to see how it has progressed.
thanks
-Josh

Actually, the old sanchezi pic in this thread is Dr. Giggles' fish. I'd like to see a current pic too!

Here is a crappy pic of my 5+ year old sanchezi (his coloration is actually a lot more red than orange)...trying to figure out it's true identity is what led me to this site and to more serras!

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I wish I had a picture of it when it was small, but it looked very much like white_blue_gray's. I do have a preserved specimen of one bought at the same time from the same LFS that a student donated.