The fish can grow to four metres (13ft ... Some fishermen even pretended it was a type of catfish to overcome people's suspicions about eating such a huge specimen. Now paiche are eaten across ...
After about a year, they become herbivores, and eat plants and algae. The Mekong giant catfish has one of the fastest growth rates of any fish in the world. It can reach up to 440 pounds in only ...
This small bottom dwelling fish lives on the bottom of lake Tanganyika ... hatching first, whereupon the catfish fry either eat the cichlid fry in the mouth of their mother to be, or cause ...
Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish – one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world – were caught and released here recently, reviving hopes for the species’ survival.
The underwater giants can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh up to 300 kilograms (661 pounds), or as heavy as a grand piano. They now are only found in Southeast Asia's Mekong River but ...