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Pygocentrus cariba OPEFE USE ONLY.WELCOME TO OPEFE ARCHIVES

 

PHOTOGRAPHS OF Pygocentrus cariba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first photograph below shows the species found in The Piranha Fact and Fiction book by Harald Schultz. In this outdated book the fish shown was misidentified as Serrasalmus nattereri.

 

Piranhas Fact and Fiction Harald Schultz, Photo by H. R. Axelrod.OPEFE Educational Use only.

Map of Venezuela. OPEFE educational use

Pygocentrus cariba Photo credit Frank Magallanes, OPEFE USE ONLY.

Pygocentrus cariba. Photol credit E. Paiva, OPEFE USE ONLY.

Pygocentrus cariba Photo credit Edouard Paiva. OPEFE USE ONLY.

Pygocentrus cariba Photo Credit Daniel Caballero, OPEFE USE ONLY

Pygocentrus cariba, Photo credit Daniel Caballero, OPEFE USE ONLY

 

 

These photographs demonstrate the juvenile forms of Pygocentrus cariba. As you can see from the juvenile photos, the humeral spot is not always present. In most cases, it develops later in life. Size of juvenile apparently has nothing to do when it forms. These fish below were purchased and arrived on May 29th, 2011 at 12:32  pm. It took from that date to June 10, 2011 for the humeral spot to begin showing.

 

Juvenile Pygocentrus cariba Photo Credit Simon Ngo. OPEFE USE ONLY

This specimen at 27mm SL, no humeral spot

May 29, 2011

Juvenile Pygocentrus cariba Photo credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY.

 

Juvenile Pygocentrus cariba photo credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY.

 

Photo credit Simon Ngo. OPEFE USE ONLY.\

 

Photo Credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY

This dark P. cariba found in blackwater regions.

Photo credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY

 

Photo credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY

 

Photo credit Simon Ngo, OPEFE USE ONLY

This specimen at 21mm SL, has formed a  humeral spot

June 10, 20111

Below is an example of their feeding frenzy, photographed by Edouard Paiva. He went to Hato El Frio in the Venezuelan Llanos in April 13 and 14 and pictured a group of Pygocentrus cariba eating a big piece of meat that was offered to them in Rio Caño Guaritico.

Photo credit Edouard Paiva, OPEFE USE ONLY

Photo credit Edouard Paiva, OPEFE USE ONLY

Photo credit Edouard Paiva, OPEFE USE ONLY

Photo credit Edouard Paiva, OPEFE USE ONLY

 

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