big barb lovers check out these babies! .....and they really are just babies

[darwengray]

What do you think of these ?

 

[santoury]

Awesome ! What are they?

 

[darwengray]

Catlacarpio siamensis

 

[12 Volt Man]

Awesome!

check this link for some pics of GIANT ones.

http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/warm_freshwater/catlocarpio_siamensis.htm

 

[Cohazard]

And they get bigger than the ones in those pics, right 12 volt?

 

[12 Volt Man]

well, it says the largest caught officially is 114 pounds! whoa!

 

[12 Volt Man]

ps I want some

 

[Super Ape]

yeah they are beautiful!
but kinda hard to feed them properly IMO...

 

[ewurm]

114 pounds? WOW

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Aren't they supposed to be on the CITES list? At my local zoo they have got 5 of them and teh smallest is about 30".