anybody want one?

[oysterxfast5]

http://www.keithwhite.us/piranha.html
Looks like it would take your arm off.
Just thought I would share this fish.

[InvaderJim]

Holy crap. Look at those teeth!

[SeaSerpant]

That's just freaky. i love it. it would be fun to have um if you don't get eaten lol.

[oysterxfast5]

I just wonder how they caught the thing.

[kenwendyb]

So did they eat it or stuff it? Freaken Cool!!!!!!!!! I don't know what I'd do if reeling in and saw that coming at me. OMG!!!

[oysterxfast5]

Feed a few people, or need a big wall.

[McTeague]

You can actually get small ones at the LFS...

[oysterxfast5]

From the looks of that one there I dont think I would even like a little one.

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11480115#post11480115 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by McTeague
You can actually get small ones at the LFS...

Yup; place I used to work would get them once in a while. And its not a piranha at all.. lol...

[oysterxfast5]

Says it might be a tigerfish.

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Definatly not a piranha. Just look at the body shape; ever seen a piranha without a circular-ish body? And absolutly NOT the red-bellied's you see in the fish stores.


Sorry to be a party-pooper.

[kenwendyb]

So what is it and what country did catch in? It's still freaking me out!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!!!!!

[Hormigaquatica]

Its a type of tigerfish (looks like Hydrocynus goliath). Could have been caught in the Congo Basin, maybe Lake Tanganyika. You get Tigerfish throughout north and central africa.

Fun fact- its basically a tetra. Think about that the next time youre staring at those cute little Neons in your freshwater tank... lol

[tcilmo]

Man oh man, that thing creeps me out just looking at it. Heck, It could be like a garage disposal. Just dont our arm down to far when rinseing off the plates. :-)

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

Yeah, looks like either an African Tigerfish or a Goliath Tigerfish. A LFS I used to work at had an African Tigerfish for sale. It was probably around 3-4" but still would go after your hand. Guess what....I had to clean the friggin' tank. :rolleyes:

[melev]

Looks like a herbivore to me. :lol:

[Redbellyjx]

there are non round shaped piranha. BUT all piranha have triangular teeth; this has round pointy teeth

[new_world_disor]

eww. thats preety gross. even the little ones bites hurt. my mate has 10 in a 350 g tank. and i stuck my finger in. i thought they only bit u if u had a cut. it was a lie !!

[Saiyan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11482131#post11482131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Looks like a herbivore to me. :lol:

Haha. That likes big fleshy plants. :D

[tanked3333]

I fish out of my kayak and would freak if I saw that. Worse than a
shark!

[McTeague]

I also fish from my kayak on occasion, its great fun isn't it?

[oysterxfast5]

Something that big would probably pull you around for a little bit.

[K' Family Reef]

looks like 'photoshop' to me.

ever see the one about.......
the largest kodiak bear ever shot ???

or the movie JAWS ???

:bigeyes: :hmm6:

:thumbsup:

[oysterxfast5]

Might be I don't know, I didn't take the pic, I just stumbled upon it.

[K' Family Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11484764#post11484764 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oysterxfast5
Might be I don't know, I didn't take the pic, I just stumbled upon it.


i know - its a kewl pic!
;)

something to think about
next time diving/snorkeling in the ocean or swimming in the lake.
:eek1:

regards

[swimmer]

that's one FUGLY fish!

[oysterxfast5]

If it is real I want nothing to do with it. I still think it would rip your arm off, or atleast that the hand.

[K' Family Reef]

is it reefsafe???
:D

how about around just zoanthids?

:lol:

[oysterxfast5]

Just leave it with some rocks. Might be ok.

[pagojoe]

That guy's not photoshopped, but it's about as big as the tigerfish get. Most of the ones you see caught are between one and two feet long. The one in the pic looks like he's maybe four feet long?

Cheers,



Don