Fish Specimen: Gold Piranha - Pristobrycon denticulatus


Fish Specimen: Gold Piranha - Pristobrycon denticulatus

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Length of the Fish from mouth to tail is 7.0 cm (2.8 inch).

Size of thelucite block is 8.8x5.8x2.0 cm (3.5x2.3x0.8 inch).

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Gold Piranha - Pristobrycon denticulatus

Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Subfamily: Serrasalminae

Genus: Pygocentrus Species: P. denticulatus

South America: Brazil, Venezuela, FrenchGuiana, Surinam, Guyana. Maximum Size:
The maximum size of the Five-cusped Piranha is around 20cm. (8"), althoughin it rarely exceeds 15cm. (6") in size. Body Characteristics:
The Piranha is a silver bodied fish with lemon-trimmings on fins and oversizedadipose fin. Resembles a Pacu or Silver Dollar but it has a pugnose andsemi-slung lower jaw (to suit the more predatory lifestyle).
The body is similar in shape to P. nattereri, except the fins are oversizedincluding the adipose fin. A pattern of elongated bars and even dark speckledspots may be present on the body. Adults may turn dark brown in color.Juveniles bare a striking resemble to species found in Metynnis. Fish possesesa unique tooth structure. It is crenulated (penticuspid) making it fairly easyto identify from other species of piranha.
The colors of this species are variable, but normally the upper part of thebody is blue, the lower part well as the base of the caudal fin yellow, ororange, and the rest of the body bright red (eye, cheeks, and fins, in theirdistal part for the dorsal and caudal fins). The the dorsal, anal and tail finshave a greyish-white margin at the ends. Distinctive/unique features: Clear eyes.
Laterally compressed body.
Unique shape of the tooth.
Yellowish to red fins with grey base.
Convex, somewhat Pygocentrus-shaped head.

A piranha is a member offamily Characidae in order Characiformes, an omnivorous freshwater fishthat inhabits South American rivers.They are known for their sharp teeth and a voracious appetitefor meat.

All piranhas have a single rowof sharp teeth in both jaws; the teeth are tightly packed and interlocking (viasmall cusps) and usedfor rapid puncture and shearing. Individual teeth are typically broadlytriangular, pointed and blade-like (flat in profile). There is minor variationin the number of cusps; in most species, the teeth are tricuspid with a largermiddle cusp which makes the individual teeth appear markedly triangular.

Piranha have a reputation asferocious predators that hunt their prey in schools. Recent research, however,which "started off with the premise that they school as a means ofcooperative hunting", discovered that they are timid fish that schooledfor protection from their own predators, such as cormorants, caimans, anddolphins. Piranhas are "basically like regular fish with largeteeth".

Piranha teeth are often used tomake tools and weapons by the indigenous population. Piranhas are also popularas food, although if an individual piranha is caught on a hook or line, it maybe attacked by other (free) piranhas.

Piranhas are commonly consumedby subsistence fishermen, and often sold for food in local markets. In recent decades, driedspecimens have been marketed as tourist souvenirs. Piranhas occasionally bite andsometimes injure bathers and swimmers. A piranha bite is considered more an actof carelessness than that of misfortune, but piranhas are a considerablenuisance to commercial and sport fishers because they steal bait, mutilate catch, damage nets and othergear, and may bite when handled.

The most common aquariumpiranha is Pygocentrus nattereri,the red-bellied piranha.

It is important to keep Pygocentruspiranhas alone or in groups of four or more, not in pairs, since aggressionamong them is common, not allowing the weaker fish to survive, and isdistributed more widely when kept in larger groups. It is not rare to findindividuals with one eye missing due to a previous attack. Piranhas are likelyto become cannibalistic on others in their group ifunderfed.


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