Which fish are the smartest?

[Dwarfs]

Just wanted to see which fish people thought were smart.

 

[White Whale]

I voted "oddball" - the octopus. It has the intelligence of a housecat and is a problem-solver.

 

[tstenback]

I voted catfish - any of the cories

 

[Annastasia]

I voted catfish - any of the cories

Me too. For the same reasons!

 

[ryan]

Cichlids and Predators, large species of each show high levels of intelligence.

 

[Nina7777]

I voted cichlids. Mainly the mbunas and convict. mostly the cnvict. well at least out of all my fish!

 

[lucky62]

I voted "oddball" - the octopus. It has the intelligence of a housecat and is a problem-solver.

no dought they're intelligent but , is that a fish ?

cichlids get my vote convicts and jewels.

 

[LoveMyOscar]

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[Dwarfs]

I took a null vote but I agree with Ryan that predators are very intelligent.

 

[Dwarfs]

I took a null vote but I agree with Ryan that predators are very intelligent. More than ne is supposed to be More than one.

 

[pete28]

definitely the cichlids i can hand feed one of mine live food and he just hangs out in my hand if thats not smart i dont know wha is..

 

[Yenko]

I think all cichlids are very smart. My Apisto seems to be a very quick learner, and is very good at avoiding being caught. I tried to scare him into the net with my hand; soon he learned that my hand was nothing to be afraid of and avoided the net.

Oscars get my vote for the smartest aquarium fish, but I have heard some impressive things about octopus intelligence before (and in this thread), so I didn't vote.

 

[Naomi]

Oscars! (I had one trained to jump out of the water and take food from my hand...)

 

[drobbins27]

Oscars

 

[jeef]

No fish are smarter than any other

they are only acting out of instinct.