True Monster African Characin !!!!

[Steve_89]

Awesome..

Would love to see some adult pix.

 

[bassmasterp]

Looks awesome! especially a school of them...

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice! How fast do these guys grow?

 

[T]

NICE! always got some goodies to show us.
got 3ft pics?

 

[pupumole]

Seiichi watashi ni takusan sendo wo shi tei ku da sai !!!

hope my 3 years of japanese study didnt fail be and be able to convince you with just that sentence xD

haha

anyway, cool characin

* for those of u that have absolutely no knowledge of Japanese, i was trying to say, "can you send us many please ? " haha xD

 

[samurai-h]

Interesting...any adult pics around?

NICE! always got some goodies to show us.
got 3ft pics?

No adult pic...I have seen some adult of similar species (Citharinus cithacitus citharus) in person .

Thanks

 

[samurai-h]

wow he looks cute haha

yes, they are really cute monster

4 feet? wow how long will that take

4 feet?That is a cool fish.

please see the record
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/characins/Citharinus latus.html

You always have cool fish to share, Seiichi! Could be cousin with Prochilodus from S. America

Thanks!!
Now they are similar to Prochilodus, but as they grow, they will look very different fish.

Nice! How fast do these guys grow?

They are not fast grower at all. it's like some Dat.

Seiichi watashi ni takusan sendo wo shi tei ku da sai !!!

hope my 3 years of japanese study didnt fail be and be able to convince you with just that sentence xD

haha

anyway, cool characin

* for those of u that have absolutely no knowledge of Japanese, i was trying to say, "can you send us many please ? " haha xD

Thanks I could understand your japanese grammer.
But I cannot undestand your English
"can you send us many please ? "

found a larger pic of similar speceis(gibbosus) from Japanese web
probably it's about foot size.


Citharinus latus can get 2 feet in captive at least.
This is true gentle Giant !!!

Thanks again

 

[channarox]

i think ive seen these fish here ONCE before?but knowing you...they probably havent come to sg yet.LOL.
didnt know they could hit 3 feet.

 

[jlnguyen74]

Wow! They do change when they grow up! Someone mixed the Sexfaciatus (sp?) with the Prochilodus

 

[pupumole]

Thanks I could understand your japanese grammer.
But I cannot undestand your English
"can you send us many please ? "

Haha , that was unintentional xD I was attempting to have a direct translation from my japanese to english, but failed. perhaps a more proper way to say would be " Can you please send a box of these little monster to the US ? " haha ...

that last pic u posted is quite strange, but unique in its own way. It's almost like a silver dollar except with scales and a distochodus mouth . very interesting indeed