HOW BIG DO THEY GET?
Some of the most common culprits are readily available in stores as juveniles, but they could eventually reach the following maximum sizes…
75CM
MBU PUFFERFISH, Tetraodon mbu
90CM
AROWANA, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum RED SNAKEHEAD, Channa micropeltes TIGER SHOVELNOSE CATFISH, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
100CM
PACU, Colossoma macropomum
100CM+
PANGASIUS CATFISH (ALSO CALLED PAROON SHARK), Pangasius hypophthalamus
120CM+
RED-TAILED CATFISH, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
133CM
GOLIATH TIGER FISH, Hydrocynus goliath
180CM+
NILE PERCH, Lates niloticus