Most intelligent aquarium fish ?

[Stella]

Definitely a toss-up between puffers and oscars .

My husband had a green spotted puffer that wouldn't eat for anyone but him. I had to live there for weeks before the fish would come to the front and eat for me.

Laura

 

[mightykoreanboy]

i think awareness suits their characteristics better than intelligence

 

[Miles]

Puffers and Stingrays..

Large Cichlids in general are very aware of their surroundings.. They often have good vision, and learn to beg for food really quick.. I don't know how intelligent it makes them, however.. I have a huge Buttikoferi, and he seems quite intelligent. I play tug-o-war, and fetch with him.. Hes learned that humans are friends and a food source, so he will no longer bite their hands or charge the glass, only towards other fish..

 

[Stella]

i think awareness suits their characteristics better than intelligence

What's the difference? Isn't self-awareness the highest evidence of intelligence?

Laura

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

Could someone pass that info on to my oscar that hides all the time??

I'm not sure greeting you makes a fish intellegent over others. My mollies greet me everytime I walk by the tank without fail lol.

My senegal bichirs have shown me they do recognize different things though. If I go up to the tank they will greet but they only get real excited when I grab the cup that I thaw the frozen food in.

 

[guppy]

Guppy, what made you say that it was smart?

It paid attention to what was going on in the room and would swim along the side the cat was on. It would "greet" me when I walked into the room but didn't do loops unless I was carrrying a worm container or feeder bag or bucket. It liked to "play" with feeders by hauling them out of crannies and then letting them go again. After I put a clamp on the tank lid to keep it from pushing against the tank's bottom and lifting the lid it tried a few more times and then stopped. It would take small fish or worms from my fingers by gently tugging on them until I let go. It also played with a bright yellow fishing bobber by dragging it to the bottom and letting it go. And I caught it making long distances phone calls and raiding the fridge when it thought I was asleep. Okay, that last sentence was not true but you get the idea. Animals that play tend to be smarter than those that don't.

 

[turtall]

In the morning we let our dogs out and give them a treat, and in the afternoon we feed them. At both times our large (RIP) Pacu knew it was feeding time for him, too. He would get just as excited as the dogs; we think he got his cue from them (we spied on him, when the dogs could see us but he could'nt; his tank was inside the slidig glass door and he could watch the dogs outside of it). He acted so much like a dog we named it after a friends' dog, Doofus (they looked alike, and they both wagged their whole bodies), which became Doofish. That behavior is what got us interested in larger fish.

 

[rayman45]

puffers/ rays
my datnoid seems to be smart.
my gauchas are really smart

overall i would says rays

 

[shekes]

What's the difference? Isn't self-awareness the highest evidence of intelligence?

Laura

No, it is not. Arrogance is.

 

[clp2051]

my oscar is a genius