What kind of pirahna is Freddy ??

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SlimSlaby

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2003

I need some help identifying what kind of piranha I have. I know it's not a red belly, and the pet store guy said it was a black piranha. I've been looking on the web, and I see some that look similar but not really sure.

He's about 2 inches in these pics, and now he is about 4 inches.

Feeding Freddy

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RhomZilla

· #2 · Mar 20, 2003 (Edited by Moderator)

Can be a Spilo or a baby Rhom with its juvenile spots at an early age.

Xenon

· #3 · Mar 20, 2003 (Edited by Moderator)

It looks exactly like my Spilo CF. Is there any way you can get a better picture?

sccavee

· #4 · Mar 20, 2003

Yep looks like my Spilo CF also.

hastatus

· #5 · Mar 20, 2003

Xenon, tried to access page and recieved a page not found. Can you host photo so that I may look at it?

Xenon

· #6 · Mar 20, 2003

Unfortunatly Frank, these are the best pictures.....we might need some better ones.

Xenon

· #7 · Mar 20, 2003

#2

Xenon

· #8 · Mar 20, 2003

#3

Neoplasia

· #9 · Mar 20, 2003

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Just to add to X's posting, I believe these two to be two of the better pictures of the fish:

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hastatus

· #10 · Mar 20, 2003

Closer and clearer would be better. Generally (and w/o saying for sure) it does resemble a S. spilopleura CF.

Poseidon X

· #11 · Mar 21, 2003

Its hard to spot a terminal band for verification, a extreme close up side profile might give us a better chance at identifying.

Genin

· #12 · Mar 21, 2003

looks just like my spilo cf did when that size.

Joe

Judazzz

· #13 · Mar 21, 2003

Genin said:
looks just like my spilo cf did when that size.

Joe

Spilo CF was my first thought also.

sccavee

· #14 · Mar 22, 2003

BDKing57 said:
Its hard to spot a terminal band for verification, a extreme close up side profile might give us a better chance at identifying.

This is a stupid question but what it the terminal band and how is it different for a Spilo CF and a Rhom?

Black Piranha

· #15 · Mar 22, 2003

rhom

Neoplasia

· #16 · Mar 22, 2003

sccavee said:
BDKing57 said:

Its hard to spot a terminal band for verification, a extreme close up side profile might give us a better chance at identifying.

Click to expand...

This is a stupid question but what it the terminal band and how is it different for a Spilo CF and a Rhom?

S. spilopleura

Check out the first couple pictures (below the top one), shows quite clearly the terminal band and how it does not touch the edge of the tail. There's also more detail in the following text.

acidsurvivor

· #17 · Mar 22, 2003

That is defiantly a Spilo CF. What kind of fish do you have with it?!

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piranha 13

· #18 · Mar 22, 2003

spilo CF

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Poseidon X

· #19 · Mar 31, 2003

This is a stupid question but what it the terminal band and how is it different for a Spilo CF and a Rhom?

The only stupid question is the one you didnt ask. People like Frank are more then willing to educate anyone willing to ask nicely. :biggrin:

Neoplasia

· #20 · Mar 31, 2003

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BDKing57 said:
The only stupid question is the one you didnt ask. People like Frank are more then willing to educate anyone willing to ask nicely. :biggrin:

Heard this once somewhere, really funny: There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

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