What fish are top jumpers in your experience?

[tlindsey]

was like slow motion. Both our gazes were firmly fixed on superbarb as it hurtled past us.

 

[latapy10]

My list

1. acaras-champion jumpers. Will hurl themselves anywhere. Across the room and into the next room. Had one leap from both hands!! Another flew straight into the garbage disposal from a tub.
2. blue gouramis-don't have the body muscle of acaras to flop but will throw themselves several feet. I found a missing one dried up between paperbacks on my bookshelf, stuck.
3. honduran red points- always seem to lose a juvie or two during tank breakdowns. They leap out and land on the floor behind tanks. Can flip backwards and sideways too. Had one adult jump into a sink from a holding tank and another jump from a tank down into a tub. Named him Lucky.
4. guppies-can and will take random flips.
5. synos- pretty rare but had one jump. Found one leaning against a tub standing on his tail. Like dried out bacon.
6. pleco - had one that took a leap and disappeared into the walls of my parents house. Never found but could smell it for 3 days. Call Alfred Hitchcock.

honorable mention
goldfish
apple snails

Non jumpers
tetras
Parrots
Oscar (if Brick ever manages to jump you'll find me on the floor with him).

I lost a Northern Purple Spotted Gudgeon when it overpowered the weight of the lid and jumped out of the aquarium...

 

[Joshuakahan]

 

[Matth05]

 

[Caveden]

Arowanas, are the best jumpers imo. Also known as ‘water monkeys’, which fits perfectly. Used to keep Asian arowana in the past, here was my first one. One day he was doing fine, the next, somehow jumped and managed to bash through a heavy lid into the overflow box in my tank. Organs all coming out of his body.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Soundtrack to my rohani barb's life:

 

[Backfromthedead]

...and any of one of my rainbowfish at any given time:

 

[esoxlucius]

And the ultimate soundtrack for any slimy scaly jumper........

 

[Deadeye]

Maybe better for reptiles, but also good for a number of fish:

 

[Fishman Dave]

Lost a few arrowana from jumping but for distance relative to size of fish young koi have to be up there with the best although mahseer come very close.
Young snakeheads are pretty annoying at it too.