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BREEDING PIRANHAS
1. Breeding The Red-bellied piranha VIEW
2. Breeding Serrasalmus spilopleura (S.maculatus) VIEW
3. Breeding Pygocentrus nattereri VIEW
4. Breeding Serrasalmus maculatus VIEW
5. Breeding Pygocentrus cariba Venezuela VIEW
THE LAW V. PIRANHAS
1. Laws and Piranhas VIEW
2. State Statute List of Prohibited Piranha VIEW
3. ODFW tries to change law .VIEW
4. Ruling in Oregon Piranhas sets Precedence. VIEW
5. Testimony of Frank Magallanes VIEW
6. Pacus, Harmless or a Menace? VIEW
7. How do modern scientists view the piranha today? VIEW
8. Brazilian Law and Exporting Ornamental Fishes. VIEW
PIRANHA NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS
1. Monster making, Public fears of Piranhas and President Theodore Roosevelt. VIEW
2. Swim the Amazon will try to break old record. VIEW
3. The Little Fish That Eats People VIEW
THE SCIENCES, VISITING LABS and AMAZON TOURS
1. List of published Scientific documents VIEW
2. Projeto Piaba - Project Ornamental Fishes VIEW
3. Visiting Dr. William L. Fink- UMMZ VIEW
4. Visiting Dr. Antonio Machado-Allison - MBUCV VIEW
5. Fishing the Río Parguaza Venezuela VIEW
6. Megapiranha paranensis vs S. rhombeus VIEW
7. William P. Braker, Scientist VIEW
8. Animals of the Venezuelan Llanos VIEW
9. The Fish Guys VIEW |
OPEFE RESEARCH
1. Collecting Fin Clippings for DNA VIEW
2. The Fossil Record of Piranhas VIEW
3. The History of Ichthyology VIEW
4. Feeding Seeds to Pygocentrus nattereri VIEW
5. Piranha Under Microscope VIEW
6. How To Measure Piranhas Scientifically. VIEW
7. Most Dangerous and Meanest Piranha Available VIEW
8. A review of published piranha books VIEW
9. Mimicry and Piranhas VIEW
10. Guidelines for a mixed species tank. VIEW
11. Catching Wild Piranhas VIEW
12. Body Parts of A Piranha VIEW
13. Wild Piranhas VIEW
14. Articles Frank Magallanes is cited. VIEW
15. Piranha eggs: S. spilopleura v. S. marginatus. VIEW
16. Sexing Piranhas VIEW
17. David M. Schleser photos VIEW
18. Piranha die off photo VIEW
19. Piranha Bites Hobbyist VIEW
20. Body Shapes of Piranha and Pirambeba VIEW
21. What is the most dangerous and meanest piranha? VIEW
22. Geographical forms of S. rhombeus. VIEW
23. Geographical forms of P. nattereri. VIEW
24. Geographical forms of S. maculatus. VIEW
25. Serrasalmus compressus Group. VIEW
26. Unidentified (piranha) Species. VIEW
27. PIRANHA: Fruits and Seeds in native habitat. VIEW
28.The Science of Ichthyology. VIEW |
COMMON NAMES/PRONUNCIATION
1. Definition of Common Names of Piranhas and Caribes. VIEW
2. Pronunciation guide for hobbyists VIEW
FISH INJURIES AND STRESS FACTORS
1. Parasite & Diseases of Piranhas VIEW
2. Piranha Repairing Own Body From Bites VIEW
3. Stress vs. Piranhas in the Home Aquarium VIEW
4. Gill Curl Operation (S. rhombeus). VIEW
MIXING PIRANHA SPECIES
1. S, sanchezi as a pair (now a group) in the home aquarium VIEW
2. Inter-relationship between Pygocentrus and Serrasalmus VIEW
3. Inter-relationship between Pygocentrus species and Serrasalmus brandtii VIEW
4. Piranha Pecking Order in the aquarium VIEW
VISITING FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
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WATER CHEMISTRY
1. Cold tolerance of Pygocentrus nattereri VIEW
2. Water Chemistry for Piranhas. VIEW
3. How to darken S. rhombeus in the home aquarium. VIEW
PIRANHA HABITAT
1. Cohabitation and piranhas VIEW
2. Piranha ecosystem, defining a term VIEW
3. What is a shoal? VIEW
PHOTOS
1. Common photos of Everyday Life VIEW
2. Arachnids VIEW
3. Birds VIEW
4. Insects VIEW
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DEAD FROZEN SPECIMENS NEEDED FOR SCIENCE
Contact: Steve Huskey, PhD Functional Morphologist Biology Department Western Kentucky University VIEW
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
1. Oddballs in Pygocentrus VIEW
2. Why is Serrasalmo ternetzi name still being used? VIEW
3. Piranha Classification Mess VIEW
4. Project: Piranha Mummification VIEW
5. Piranha: Fruits and Seeds In The Native Habitat VIEW
6. How to ID Piranha from Pacu VIEW
7. Sexual Dimorphism of Piranhas VIEW
8. Keeping Freshwater Barracuda, Acestrorhynchus VIEW
9. DVD for sale, piranhas of Venezuela VIEW
10. Project Piranha Mummification VIEW
11. Keeping Juvenile Serrasalmus piranha - My perspective, by E. Thompson VIEW
AMAZON ART
Cliver Flores Lanza, Pintor Amazonico VIEW
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