Fish Catches Bird in Flight

First confirmed record of a freshwater fish preying on birds in flight

This is the first confirmed record of a freshwater fish preying on birds in flight, according to reports in the Journal of Fish Biology. Rumours of such behaviour by the African tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus), which has been reported as reaching one metre in length, have circulated since the 1940s.

An African tigerfish caught on the Lower Zambezi River.