"Jumping" catfish sp.?

[PhullTank57]

I know, I know, "Common name"... sucks!! :shakehead
Called a "Jumping or Jumper" catfish? Pimilodid like sp. from South America.

Anybody ever heard of this catfish? Pics?? :confused:


Thanks! :)

[rayman45]

nope but sounds cool

[piranha45]

i got no results for any of those words on fishbase..

[mauls]

Well if your talking about the fish i know of, they are jumping carp, a pest to the rivers. They came to our river in the flood of 1993, im in kansas city missouri. I often fish teh missouri river, and these fish get spooked by the engine noise and jump anywhere from 1 to 4 feet in the air. People have actueally been killed by these fish by getting hit in the head whiel traveling at high speeds. Anyways, we often use these fish as shotgun practice, its pretty amusing, and you have to be a quick shot. Please note these fish are a pest, they eat all the micro algea that other fish need to survive on, and they breed very fast. The missouri consveration are thinking of ways to get rid of these fish completely. My shotgun does a pretty good job though.

I could be way off though, i've never heard of a jumping catfish, just a jumping carp. So sorry if im not even close to what your talking about.. haha

Mauls~

[Rui]

I wonder if they could be referring to the Juruense? They kinda 'hop' now and again on their tripod. My best guess anyways.

[lophius]

the name 'jumping catfish' does indeed refer to jurense - nothing particularly special.

carl

[PhullTank57]

Pinirampus pinirampu. :)

thanx, kfg! ;)

[katfishguy]

here are some pics of mine before it got eaten by my RTC :(

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/katfishguy/pinirampuspirinampu/

[rayman45]

go red tail

how much do they go for? i would like one of these

[The TRUST]

Now how the hell did it get the name jumping catfish????

[katfishguy]

Rayman45, I will be picking up a couple for myself this weekend,, I can get you one if you are interested, it will cost around $50.

Jed, I have no idea how they got that name,, I never saw it jump out of the water or anything like that,, I had it for over a year,,

[rayman45]

umm how big
i have no space for anything right now

[rayman45]

o yea
got any info on them?

[katfishguy]

they get close to 2 feet,, and are very territorial,, mine used to chase away my marbled cat which was much bigger. they eat anything,,pellets, shrimp, silversides. Pretty easy to take care of,, but they grow pretty slow.

[rayman45]

the only tank i got for them is a 30
with
rtc 5-6inches
frt 6 inches
a few dats 3"
some 3" corys

whats do you think?

[katfishguy]

as long as you have the RTC there, your dats and corys are in danger of becoming dinner. the jumper cat will be around 6" so it should be ok in there for a while, until the RTC outgrows it.

[rayman45]

the rtc cant catch the dats b/c there is so much drift wood

if i see a dat missing i will ove to a 20L

i wil lyk

the cory's have been in that tank for almost 2 years lol

[DiXoN]

i bought 4 jumper cats recently and they were very small juruence.
dixon

[PeacockBass]

the rtc cant catch the dats b/c there is so much drift wood

if i see a dat missing i will ove to a 20L

i wil lyk

the cory's have been in that tank for almost 2 years lol


why do you have an RTC when you cant even care for your snakehead?

jesus christ.



BTW- nice work KFG

[iheartfishies]

what do you mean grows slow?!?!

My RTC was at least 16 inches in one year.

What would jumpy cat Mcghee be at around one year?

[rayman45]

i highly dout it
if kfg rtc out grew it and then ate it

[PeacockBass]

RTCs should easily hit 24 inches in 1 year. Tank size/water quality/diet are extremely important.

[iheartfishies]

Well then, I suck obviously.

Thanks Neal.