I’ve always wondered this as it seems some species appear smarter than others.... just curious about others experiences and observations .... (I did a search and found a previous thread on lion fish )
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I’ve wondered the same . I have freshwater and saltwater setups on and off growing up and I have noticed and experienced the cichlid species are more advanced than other freshwater fish I Would assume like every animal species that some sub species are smarter than others.I’ve always wondered this as it seems some species appear smarter than others.... just curious about others experiences and observations .... (I did a search and found a previous thread on lion fish )
I’ve always wondered this as it seems some species appear smarter than others.... just curious about others experiences and observations .... (I did a search and found a previous thread on lion fish )
Yeah like a fire fish seems more cookie cutter and instinctive in behavior than say a puffer or wrasse which appear to behave more individualistic... not sure if that relates to intelligences per se but as a human I can relate more ...Not so much smarter but quicker
Many will have personalities such as Puffers rather than smarts
It's always the one that I'm trying to catch
I was thinking the same thing ...baitfish vs predators like groupers ... and again excuse any retread on fish intelligenceIt may come down to the difference between individual swimmers like Wrasse and Schooling like Tangs.
I have to agree with this. I had an Oscar way back. He always came up to me when I was by the tank. Probably wanted food. But he wouldn’t do it with anyone else. So he could recognize me. He also would furiously swim at my dog when it was near the tank. Smartest fish I’ve ever had. I find saltwater fish to have their own instincts built in and they don’t seem to be too individually different. Maybe others have had special experiences with their saltwater fish. But a six line behaves like a six line. A yellow tang behaves like a yellow tang and so forth.I’ve wondered the same . I have freshwater and saltwater setups on and off growing up and I have noticed and experienced the cichlid species are more advanced than other freshwater fish I Would assume like every animal species that some sub species are smarter than others.
For an animal to be considered a fish it needs to have gills and fins. That would exclude dolphins and octopuses even though I’d consider them to be the smartest animals in the ocean. Sharks are fish though and they are pretty intelligent.
You forgot killer whales (orcas). The most intelligent animal in the ocean. If reincarnation were true, and I had to be a creature of the sea, it would be an orca.