[hastatus]

Enjoy the steak!

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[Susp3nc3]

holy crap.. that would scare me pretty damn bad if i was swimming in a river and i saw that.

[acestro]

Wow, non-p scientific getting some serious activity lately! Here's the pic.

Also, this paragraph is of interest:

The Mekong giant catfish is Southeast Asia's largest and rarest fish and the focus of Dr. Hogan's project along with about two-dozen other species around the world such as the giant freshwater stingray, the infamous dog-eating catfish, the dinosaur-like arapaima, and the Chinese paddlefish - all of which remain contenders for the title of the world's largest fish. Long shots for the title include caviar-producing sturgeon, goliath Amazon catfish, giant lungfish, razor-toothed gars, massive cods, and Mongolian salmon.


Quite a list of contenders there!

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[hastatus]

When I was in Vietnam (war), I heard of these catfish. The natives there feared them and some said they ate children.

[piranha45]

do you think the flesh of such an old fish would taste good?

[acestro]

piranha45, on Jul 18 2005, 10:59 PM, said:

do you think the flesh of such an old fish would taste good?

Where the hell have you been?!

[piranha45]

i check this forum daily, i just dont feel inclined to post 9 times out of 10...

[acestro]

piranha45, on Jul 19 2005, 02:00 PM, said:

i check this forum daily, i just dont feel inclined to post 9 times out of 10...

I figured, just messing with you.

[lophius]

hard to believe but more than 1 million tonnes of fish is taken / harvested from the Mekong system every year for food - quite incredible -

I was working on a project in Cambodia - the research team, during a 2 year study didn't see a single Pangasianodon gigas - apparently they have become increasingly rare - hmmm haven't most of the worlds largest fish species???

carl

[hastatus]

They certainly are not the sizes once seen 60 or so years ago. Most unfortunate with the overfishing.

[supastylin]

i spent about three years in southeast asia and i've seen the damage over fishing has done. i lived by "buhi" lake, home of the world's smallest commercially harvested fish - "sinarapan" (Mistichthys luzonensis). On a study about the lake local fishermen used to haul in boat loads of these fishes, now they'd only get buckets full of them. it's sad because those fish put that little town on the map.

Sinarapan looks like rice in water when you see them for sale by the buckets.

Pandaka Pygmaea i think is the world's smallest fish.

[acestro]

Overfishing is such a common thing. Management of fisheries really needs to catch up in all parts of the world (the US too), before things get even worse.

[benJii]

they say "guiness has them listed as the largest freshwater fish in the world", mekong catfish get like 9', and arapamia gigas gets 15'.............

[CROSSHAIR223]

That thing can't possibly taste good, probably just mush. But Jesus those thing get huge. I can' imagine swimming and seeing that thing underwater or feeling it latch on to my leg and making me his bitch. Thanks for posting this monster! I used to handfish them in KS but not on that scale!!!

[benJii]

CROSSHAIR223, on Jul 20 2005, 07:30 PM, said:

I used to handfish them in KS but not on that scale!!!

you handfished mekong catfish in kansas

[hastatus]

I think he means bullhead catfish. I believe that practice is illegal or should be.

[CROSSHAIR223]

Lol my bad, yes not those dudes but, you average bulls lol.

This post has been edited by CROSSHAIR223: 20 July 2005 - 09:13 PM

[Uncle Rico]

I hope the protection program is successful with that species

[Piranhaz 411]

why does china have hardore shi* there all the time and know a giant catfish

[furious piranha]

Piranhaz 411, on Oct 20 2005, 08:13 PM, said:

why does china have hardore shi* there all the time and know a giant catfish

lol..china always does have reecord breakin stuff goin on