Redeye Piranhas (2) vs. Clown Featherback

[dinosauria101]

Redeye Piranhas (2) - Serrasalmus rhombeus

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Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Length: 41.5 cm
Mass: 3 kg
Diet: Other fish
Killing apparatus: Slicing jaws
One of the most aggressive piranha species. Relatively widespread in the Amazon

Clown Featherback - Chitala ornata

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Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae
Length: 1 meter
Mass: 5 kg
Diet: Other fish
Killing apparatus: Crushing jaws
A popular food and game fish. Can breathe air.

NOTE: This is sympatric in Florida

[kekistani]

Goddamit why. Piranhas win.

[dinosauria101]

Well, I wouldn't consider this a mismatch - apparently featherbacks have a nasty crushing bite similar to tambaqui. That would make short work of a piranha it caught.

I would favor teh piranhas more often than not due to numbers and mobility, but the featherback certainly has a good chance.

[6f5e4d]

Piranhas are vicious, and the combined weight is higher than that of the featherback, so the piranhas win.

[kekistani]

Jan 13, 2020 21:04:03 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

Well, I wouldn't consider this a mismatch - apparently featherbacks have a nasty crushing bite similar to tambaqui.

What??? Featherbacks are gulpers like bass (which sets them apart from other knifefish) that swallow small to medium sized prey whole. I have stuck my hand into my featherback's tank to hand-feed multiple times and have never sustained a crushing blow. Given the fact that Featherbacks are generally retiring and the Piranhas have the numbers advantage, this IS a mismatch.

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Featherback would lose bad tbh no matter what jaws are worse than pirahnas

[dinosauria101]

Jan 15, 2020 21:13:09 GMT 5 kekistani said:

Jan 13, 2020 21:04:03 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

Well, I wouldn't consider this a mismatch - apparently featherbacks have a nasty crushing bite similar to tambaqui.

What??? Featherbacks are gulpers like bass (which sets them apart from other knifefish) that swallow small to medium sized prey whole. I have stuck my hand into my featherback's tank to hand-feed multiple times and have never sustained a crushing blow. Given the fact that Featherbacks are generally retiring and the Piranhas have the numbers advantage, this IS a mismatch.

Ouch. Maybe I had teh featherback's bite mixed up with another.

Easy win for the piranhas then