Open AccessRED-BELLIED PIRANHA PYGOCENTRUS NATTERERI KNER, 1858 (CHARACIFORMES: SERRASALMIDAE) IN OPEN WATERS IN R. MACEDONIA
Author(s) -
Vasil Kostov,
Milica Ristovska,
Julijana Arsovska,
Maja Jordanova,
Dana Prelik
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2016.8.10
Subject(s) - characiformes , taxonomy (biology) , biology , ecology , fishery , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , geography
There are so many reports of introduction of non-native fish species in Europe but reports including introduction of species from Serrasalmidae, especially from piranhas fish are scarce. This paper documents the first record of the occurrence of the exotic red bellied piranha, in Dojran Lake, the southern part of Republic of Macedonia. The morphological taxonomy revealed that the specimen is Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1860.