Help identify this scary looking fish

I was reading an ATS thread and found myself googling Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan Canada. From there I clicked a flikr photo album and came across this:






presumably it is a fish out of one of the lakes up there (Athabasca?). Apparently, that lake has 23 species of fish. Including Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch.

I doesn't look like any fresh water fish I've seen in Canada and I live here. I gotta say, judging by the color of the skin of the handlers, I think this photo was mis-catagorized. Is it a barracuda? It's not a Musky, is it? I've caught northern pike, this is no northern. I've ever seen!

Can't say for sure but it looks like a Goliath Tiger fish.
I will look for pics

Yep Goliath Tiger fish

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I used to go noodling for catfish. Now after seeing that I will never again shove my hand in a hole underwater for a fish to latch onto.

Thank you very much for ruining an activity that used to give me a lot of enjoyment.

Yep, that's what it is.



They are found in several African lakes, will eat anything they think they can take on, and apparently grow to 55Kg !

Believe it or not some people keep these as pets in oversized aquariums.

reply to post by ShadowLink


Excellent. Good job. Especially since that helped us find the identical image.

Very conclusive.

Okay. Mystery solved thanks guys.

What'cha say we introduce these tiger fish to some lakes here in North America. Make "sport fishing" a REAL sport

that has some HUGE munchers LOL

S+F just because its got HUGE HUGE teeth !! lol

reply to post by ravenshadow13


Is that sarcasm?
I did happen to find an identacal pic but did not post it cause I thought it would be better to see a different one!

reply to post by ShadowLink


I think he was referring the the other 2 pics in the link you provided. One of them was the exact same as the one I posted. You have to scroll through the window to see the second and third pictures.

reply to post by ShadowLink


I think she was kinda saying Good job on helping no sarcasm

hence the thumbs up

reply to post by venividivici


She

Sorry for the one liner ; )

At first I thought it was Nancy Pelosi without a wig, but it does appear to be a Tiger fish, found lurking in the mighty Congo.

Scary lookin.

Sorry ravenshadow13 my bad.
When I click on the link I posted I just get a single image.

Although my previous post may sound kinda harsh, I was only asking.

Originally posted by venividivici
Okay. Mystery solved thanks guys.

What'cha say we introduce these tiger fish to some lakes here in North America. Make "sport fishing" a REAL sport

Good god you can't be serious? The introduction of alien species is on the biggest environmental problems we have. Fish like that might well eat themselves (and every other species) out of existence wherever you stocked them. i love fishing as much as the next guy but I don't think I want to be pulling my leader out of the mouths of one of those!

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haha indeed its like jaws !! its small tho but look at the size of them nashers

i have to agree would not be pulling a hook out of that alien looking thing..

its like something out of a movie !"! lol

Tiger Fish found in SE asia and africa,...next

I've seen in a reservoir in Northern Quebec a pike that was about 5 feet long. I've also seen a 6 foot long sturgeon in the St-Lawrence river.

But I have never heard or seen anyone attacked seriously by those fish. They are way more scarred by us than we are by them.