Piranha on Steroids (aka African Giant Tigerfish)

[BlueEye]

That's one scary-looking fish, all right -- but it isn't a piranha, a typical specimen of which only grows to about 6 to 10 inches in length (the largest on record was under 24 inches). The toothy critter in the pictures is probably a goliath tiger fish (aka African tigerfish or giant tigerfish), or Hydrocynus goliath if you're an ichthyologist. The species is native to the Congo River Basin and Lake Tanganyika in central Africa, where it is prized as a game fish.

[W.W.IV.]

Looks like a silver bass with teeth.

[Kingfisher06]

amazing....looks like a huge shad that could eat a muskrat

[dieselhp]

You don't want to lip that one!

[andrewsmith065]

You don't want to lip that one!

yeah that jaws are very large.

[ray koziatek]

hmm wonder if we could crossbreed that with a salmon ??

[momay4000]

Jeremy Wade of the "River Monsters" show on TV had an episode devoted to that fish.....

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/rive ... rfish.html

- Chris

[skipper19]

Somehow....I don't think my J-Plugs are designed to withstand that thing

Mark

[achillies000]

hmm wonder if we could crossbreed that with a salmon ?? he he

[rolmops]

How about dumping a few of those babies in the Mississippi river? They will probably make short work of the Asian carp, besides, I would love to see a You-tube of some southern hicks Tiger fish noodling.