Red bellied piranha

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Red Bellied Piranha
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Subfamily: Serrasalminae Species: P. nattereri
Binomial name
Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858
Synonyms
Serrasalmus nattereri (non Günther, 1864)

The Red bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is a species of Piranha. The species lives in the Amazon River Basin in Brazil, like most species of Piranha.

[edit] In the aquarium

Piranha, despite their fearsome reputation, can be kept as aquarium fish. Though their diet in nature consists exclusively of live prey, they readily eat other food as well. The use of "feeder fish" is discouraged; the use of live prey is illegal in several countries^{[citation needed]}, and there is a possibility of introducing diseases or parasites.

[edit] External links

• P. nattereri at FishBase
• Red bellied piranha in the aquarium
• Short film about the Red bellied piranha