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Red Cheek Piranha?

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Red Cheek Piranha?-----------At the lfs it was labeled in pernament marker on a aquarium. What kind of piranha has that as a common name around the world?


P.S they were both 3 inches long and had a divider seperating them.
 
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sccavee Posted on Mar 28 2003, 01:02 AM
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As far as I know there are none called that. Spilo CF have been called red throat Ps, but not red cheek. Just sounds like they have no idea what they have!
Dealers can call fish whatever they want in terms of common names. Scroll down on this page and read about S. spilopleura CF and their common name. Red cheek was fashionable long before red-throat or diamond pirana and other novalty names.

S. spilopleura
 
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SnowCichlid Posted on Mar 28 2003, 02:30 AM
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Yeah some fish have multiple common names... It just makes it that much more confusing
serjuanca88 Posted on Mar 28 2003, 10:44 PM
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Not to mention common names are easier for most people to remember than a scientific name.
Hard to reconcile that when you read the above
With scientific names it is basically one name with 6 or more common names.
 
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