Barbels

Greggo · Post by **Greggo** » 07 Jul 2006, 13:02

The locals call all catfish barbels. This attrocity ocurred in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. Any ideas as to which species this is? The Yellow-billed Storks caught about 100 of these in a drying pool. They were about 10 to 12 inches long (25 cm +). I wish I could have brought several live ones home with me.

Post by **Silurus** » 07 Jul 2006, 13:12

These look like . What you observed seems to be a pretty common phenomenon in southern Africa (I have seen at least two documentary footages that document this).

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 Jul 2006, 13:25

Silurus is a little bit too fast for me, I came up with the same answer [probably because I had to figure out which one of the Clarias spp. that was common in Africa, rather than just going straight for the right one...]

As to bringing these into the US, I wouldn't recommend it. They are escape artists (they can WALK between waters), and wouldn't be a good addition to the local fish-fauna - they tend to eat all other fish...

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Mats

Greggo · Post by **Greggo** » 07 Jul 2006, 13:30

Wow, they get big! And they have a very wide distribution. Thanks for the I.D. There were also pelicans and fish eagles feeding on these. It was quite a sight to see.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 08 Jul 2006, 15:08

Nice photos, Greggo!!

Amanda

Post by **Shane** » 08 Jul 2006, 15:17

I am with Amanda. Brilliant photos.
-Shane

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » 09 Jul 2006, 08:12

The pics look great

Excellent quality.
Shaun
Fish gotta swim, Birds gotta eat...

Greggo · Post by **Greggo** » 10 Jul 2006, 05:53

Thanks for the compliments on the photos. Here are a few more I've converted. You can see that the C. gariepinus does not look very happy.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 22 Jul 2006, 08:31

Greggo wrote:

You know, this one should be in the cat-elog with a brief caption to what's going on.

Greggo,

If agreeable, would you be able to email me the pic full size?

Jools

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 22 Jul 2006, 10:36

I'm surprised those storks can fly after a meal that size!

Great picures. Really vivid colours.

Barbels

Barbels

Photos.