Thursday, July 26, 2007
I read this interesting article about a project to track down some of the largest freshwater fish. These large fish are particularly vulnerable to environmental threats so studying them is a useful indication of the health of a river. Most of the large fish mentioned in the article including the giant cat fish are now critically endangered. Pictured below is a Giant Barb which can grow up to 300cm long. It is not known how many of this fish are still alive today.