Goliath tigerfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
It is a very active swimmer.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Goliath tigerfish
- Scientific name
- Hydrocynus goliath
- Japanese name
- ゴライアス・タイガーフィッシュ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Alestidae
- Genus
- Hydrocynus
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: up to 150 cm
- Diet
- Fish
- Range
- Africa
Where the Goliath tigerfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 巨狗脂鲤
- 繁體中文
- 巨狗脂鯉
- 한국어
- 골리앗타이거피시
- Español
- Pez tigre goliat
- Français
- Poisson tigre goliath
- Deutsch
- Riesen-Tigersalmler
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-tigre-golias
- Italiano
- Pesce tigre golia
- العربية
- رشال عملاق
- Русский
- Большая тигровая рыба
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ゴライアス・タイガーフィッシュChecked: 2026-11-04
- International Game Fish Association — Tigerfish, giant (Hydrocynus goliath)Checked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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