Identify Red Bellied Pacu from a Red Bellied Piranha

[ESJBond007]

nice looking pics

 

[rob page]

well some of there teeth looks like rons at work haha mike knows what im tlking about lmo

 

[_Sushi_]

^=^
Pacu Face

 

[guppy]

The advice I always gave on how to tell pacu from piranha was to stick a finger in it's mouth. If it comes out sliced it is a piranha, if it comes out mashed it is a pacu, If it comes out missing...,try again.

 

[_Sushi_]

LOL!! I'd only tell that one to people dumb enough to try it!!

{BTW, I have a cat that has thumbs, so LOOK OUT WORLD}

 

[FarT_Rhin0]

I bought 4 baby Red belly Pacus thinking they were Piranhas, man was I fooled!!! Now they are each about 25cm and growing like crazy.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

wow great job done there brilliant explanation.

 

[waz46]

hi all im new to this but i have a piranha he was feedin fine up2 a couple of wks ago but now he just lays in bottom of his tank wont eat the fish we put in and he also got a growth like spot above his lip but had that when i got him and was told it would drop off as he got older but looks to me like its getting bigger any advise welcome thx

 

[akskirmish]

Glad people like the pics-
It took me awhile to due....

 

[Dennis]

Its quite easy to identify the adult fish. Try it when they are 20mm long!