wolf fish vs snakehead
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Snake head will win if given big enough tank to circle the wolf and attack at will from safety.
Assuming that they are the same weight? Snakehead wouldn't stand a chance. Snakehead doesn't have as big and sharp of teeth, as strong of jaws, and as tough of a body.
old , old thread but i will play lol . wolf fish would destroy the snake head . i have owned both . my amiria are still small at 13 inch . but i have owned red lined snake heads up to two feet in the past before they were banned . and used to go to a store with a couple really huge ones .
i had a pike cichlid kill a giant snake head of equal size once . i can say after raising my two amiria for over a year now that this would never happen with a pike cichlid and amiria wolf of the same size lol .
my wolfs are crazy aggressive , way beyond any snake head i have owned or seen . they will definatly attack you if you get to close to them and they are lightning fast strikers they will even jump out of the water to try and get you lol they will also bite hang on and shake like a pit bull .
i have never seen any snake head with the balls of these wolf fish . i would put my hand in a tank with a snake head without much worry because i know they are unlikly to bite . but not so with the wolf fish they will get you lol . even had mine slam and bite the glass when i walked up to the tank lol
they are also tough body fish tougher then snake heads they have larger harder scales there is no way a snake head would stand a chance against a amiria
i had a pike cichlid kill a giant snake head of equal size once . i can say after raising my two amiria for over a year now that this would never happen with a pike cichlid and amiria wolf of the same size lol .
my wolfs are crazy aggressive , way beyond any snake head i have owned or seen . they will definatly attack you if you get to close to them and they are lightning fast strikers they will even jump out of the water to try and get you lol they will also bite hang on and shake like a pit bull .
i have never seen any snake head with the balls of these wolf fish . i would put my hand in a tank with a snake head without much worry because i know they are unlikly to bite . but not so with the wolf fish they will get you lol . even had mine slam and bite the glass when i walked up to the tank lol
they are also tough body fish tougher then snake heads they have larger harder scales there is no way a snake head would stand a chance against a amiria
Seems like all the folks had no experience with aimara so can't blame them for thinking the fish they keep are the biggest and baddest. Especially when they were gullible enough to believe tall tales of 10' micros lol. Then they are saying it's unfair to put a mala against a cobra. When mala isn't bad at all unless you find an exception. Only one who I agreed with was jelly saying who gets the first bite because I've not seen a sh in person so can't say much.old , old thread but i will play lol . wolf fish would destroy the snake head . i have owned both . my amiria are still small at 13 inch . but i have owned red lined snake heads up to two feet in the past before they were banned . and used to go to a store with a couple really huge ones .
i had a pike cichlid kill a giant snake head of equal size once . i can say after raising my two amiria for over a year now that this would never happen with a pike cichlid and amiria wolf of the same size lol .
my wolfs are crazy aggressive , way beyond any snake head i have owned or seen . they will definatly attack you if you get to close to them and they are lightning fast strikers they will even jump out of the water to try and get you lol they will also bite hang on and shake like a pit bull .
i have never seen any snake head with the balls of these wolf fish . i would put my hand in a tank with a snake head without much worry because i know they are unlikly to bite . but not so with the wolf fish they will get you lol . even had mine slam and bite the glass when i walked up to the tank lol
they are also tough body fish tougher then snake heads they have larger harder scales there is no way a snake head would stand a chance against a amiria
I have never seen a sh in person or an aimara for that matter. But I've seen other species of wolves obviously. Now if we compared the fish the way they did earlier in the thread at equal lengths definitely hands down I agree with you. However at equal weight I don't know. But I would take your word for it bro
. Not for the aggression statements but the anatomy of them. I can take 100 micros and 100 aimara and have one worse than the rest and one nicer than the rest for both species. People take norms and try to apply it but you can't because exceptions can be fairly common in regards to the "norms" people get from a fishes reputation. But as far as the wolf having a heavier body and bigger scales etc I agree. And I can say first hand wolves teeth are very sharp. I notice Hoplias species in particular are much sharper in comparison to erythrinus species. Never touched my golds teeth. He's not that comfortable with me. Can't say how sharp a sh teeth are.
skull images of first a snake head
https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id14340/
now a Hoplias malabaricus
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wow-wolf-fish-skull-real-skeleton-nt-taxidermy
and the the ultimate beastie Hoplias aimara
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hopl...QsAQIJg&biw=1536&bih=735#imgrc=Zs9WW0NUIhRQ1M:
and another ones this one is a link to a thread you need to scroll down a bit but a wicked pic of an aimara skull will pop out at you lol
https://wildfact.com/forum/archive/index.php?thread-836.html
i think anyone one can see the difference lol looks like bringing a knife to a gun fight
dont get me wrong i love snake heads , wish i could own one again . they are differently more active to watch then the wolf fish are .
i was totally shocked though when i seen my pike cichlid take out one of my red line snake heads that day i seen that they were not as beastly as i thought they were
https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id14340/
now a Hoplias malabaricus
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wow-wolf-fish-skull-real-skeleton-nt-taxidermy
and the the ultimate beastie Hoplias aimara
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hopl...QsAQIJg&biw=1536&bih=735#imgrc=Zs9WW0NUIhRQ1M:
and another ones this one is a link to a thread you need to scroll down a bit but a wicked pic of an aimara skull will pop out at you lol
https://wildfact.com/forum/archive/index.php?thread-836.html
i think anyone one can see the difference lol looks like bringing a knife to a gun fight
dont get me wrong i love snake heads , wish i could own one again . they are differently more active to watch then the wolf fish are .
i was totally shocked though when i seen my pike cichlid take out one of my red line snake heads that day i seen that they were not as beastly as i thought they were
Well, normally Giant Snakehead won't harm human. However, it definitely will in breeding seasons and after the nest was built. This is why most aquarists won't be attacked by it in captivity. It is very well known in Thailand that full-grown Giant Snakehead (GS) will breed during July to September. Male and female GS will pair up and build their nest to breed their spawns. This is the time they attack almost everything that dare to wander near their nest. Fish, bird, dog, even human. Not by aggressiveness by protectiveness though.
But then there's one story. In 1985, Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Srisawat province, there's a report on many newspapers about a man who was killed by a Giant Snakehead.
This guy's (probably can't say the name, sorry) hobby is to hunt GS with his .22 rifle. How? Well... during said months, you find some wood log in the lake (which is fishes' nest), waiting for a giant fish with 1-1.5 meter length and shoot it in the head. After the fish is dead, you dive down where bloods and bubbles are to recover their corpse. Easy? Maybe. That's what he already been doing like 1000th times. It's a simple process like everyday else.
Until one day, he disappeared. Everyone tried to find him but found only his boat and 3 dead GS near some wood log. They dove down underwater but found nothing.
Until 3rd day, 500 meter from where he disappeared. Police found his about-to-bloated corpse with 2 dead GS attached. One at his hand and one at his neck.
It seems like he already killed the female fish with his .22, dive down to get it but the fish is too big so he need to push his hand inside its gill in order to recover it. Everything goes so well? Sure. But not until the male fish comes around and bit him at his neck to protect its pair. This caused his blood vessel to be cut so he died by massive blood lost, along with the male fish because it bit him so hard it couldn't breath, like old motto: Who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
This is a myth that's well known at the time. Spooky, isn't it?
But then there's one story. In 1985, Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Srisawat province, there's a report on many newspapers about a man who was killed by a Giant Snakehead.
This guy's (probably can't say the name, sorry) hobby is to hunt GS with his .22 rifle. How? Well... during said months, you find some wood log in the lake (which is fishes' nest), waiting for a giant fish with 1-1.5 meter length and shoot it in the head. After the fish is dead, you dive down where bloods and bubbles are to recover their corpse. Easy? Maybe. That's what he already been doing like 1000th times. It's a simple process like everyday else.
Until one day, he disappeared. Everyone tried to find him but found only his boat and 3 dead GS near some wood log. They dove down underwater but found nothing.
Until 3rd day, 500 meter from where he disappeared. Police found his about-to-bloated corpse with 2 dead GS attached. One at his hand and one at his neck.
It seems like he already killed the female fish with his .22, dive down to get it but the fish is too big so he need to push his hand inside its gill in order to recover it. Everything goes so well? Sure. But not until the male fish comes around and bit him at his neck to protect its pair. This caused his blood vessel to be cut so he died by massive blood lost, along with the male fish because it bit him so hard it couldn't breath, like old motto: Who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
This is a myth that's well known at the time. Spooky, isn't it?
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Wolf fish. There seems to be quite a lot of Channa fanboys who will tell you that the Snakehead is the nastiest angriest bestest carnivorous fish on the planet, with superpowers, but in truth it's just another interesting little fish. The various species of Wolf fish however all have incredibly big teeth. So even though Wolves don't always seem like the most confident fish, they certainly have the tools to rip almost anything asunder whether they know it or not.
It's a rather pointless question though. There are usually much more interesting aspects of the fish we keep than their "killyness". Most Snakeheads for example can endure in extreme environments where even the hardy Wolf fish would expire. And I don't really think any species of Wolf fish would ever become a successful invasive species, where as Snakeheads are banned around the world.
Etc.
It's a rather pointless question though. There are usually much more interesting aspects of the fish we keep than their "killyness". Most Snakeheads for example can endure in extreme environments where even the hardy Wolf fish would expire. And I don't really think any species of Wolf fish would ever become a successful invasive species, where as Snakeheads are banned around the world.
Etc.
