This dull brownish oval shaped fish with white mottled patches is a piranha fish, a freshwater omnivorous fish indigenous to the rivers of South America. Piranhas are known for their sharp teeth and a voracious appetite for meat. This specimen is swimming just below the water surface in shallow water with vegetation behind it.

Piranha have a reputation as ferocious predators that hunt their prey in schools but research suggests they are relatively timid fish that swim in shoals for their own protection from predators such as cormorants, caimans, and dolphins. What you hear about them as man-eating fish in the media and movies is a myth but piranhas do occasionally attack humans and inflict bites that need not necessarily be fatal.

Nevertheless the photograph of the piranha on this product was taken by the designer from a safe distance.

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