Wimple piranha
Catoprion mento
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The wimple piranha is a piranha relative specialised in eating other fish's scales, which it strips even from fish much larger than itself. It has strong teeth and can bite badly. It lives in the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo and upper Paraguay basins.
- Scientific name
- Catoprion mento
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Mylesinus macropterus, Serrasalmus mento
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–26 °C
- pH
- 5.8–6.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–5 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 137 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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