Like the piranha, individual tigerfish have interlocking, razor-sharp teeth, along with streamlined, muscular bodies, and are extremely aggressive and capable predators who often hunt in groups. The African tigerfish has been recorded to attack and catch birds in flight.

2024年7月18日 · Tigerfish are not piranhas, but they are related. Piranhas, on the other hand, are freshwater fish species native to South America, particularly the Amazon basin. They are known for their sharp teeth and aggressive feeding behaviour.

Hydrocynus goliath, also known as the goliath tigerfish, giant tigerfish, or mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae.

The Hydrocynus Goliath, more commonly known as the goliath tigerfish, or giant tigerfish, is a vicious predatory fish found lurking in the waters of large rivers and lakes in central Africa. They are found predominantly in the Congo River basin and Lake Tanganyika.

2015年6月26日 · Imagine crossing a shark with a piranha. That's how one experienced angler describes the "living nightmare" known as the Goliath tigerfish.From the Show: Afr...

2024年3月19日 · Can you imagine falling into a river full of starved piranhas? They’d clean your flesh to the bone in minutes. Now, imagine a piranha that’s five times bigger with teeth longer than steak knives. That’s the goliath tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath), also known as mbenga or “the demon fish”. This fish definitely lives up to its name.

2024年2月14日 · Few people have ever been lucky enough to see one in the flesh and for angling legend Andy Coetzee, coming face to face with a goliath tigerfish is a lifelong dream. He will do almost anything to...

2022年11月6日 · The goliath tigerfish is one of the most fearsome freshwater fish in the world and said to be a much bigger and deadlier version of the piranha. The giant fish has 32 teeth that are of similar size to those of a great white shark and has …

2010年10月28日 · Jeremy Wade, a 52-year-old British angler and TV show host, hooked a Goliath Tiger fish, a ferocious crocodile-eating, five-foot-long freshwater specimen, during a fishing expedition up the Congo river in Africa. Wade held the fish at arms-length for fear of being bitten by its four inch razor-sh

2010年6月1日 · The goliath tigerfish is considered Africa’s equivalent of the South American piranha. The goliath tigerfish packs 32 razor-sharp teeth that can tear through even a solid steel wire. It has been ranked by “In Fisherman” magazine as one of the top 10 hardest-fighting freshwater fish on our planet.