Buttkiss the Fish -- Swimming Around in Queens for 41 Years

Buttkiss, a black pacu fish, has swum around a tank in a Richmond Hill (Queens, NY) pet shop continuously since 1970. Pacus are members of the piranha family. Buttkis has reportedly eaten more than 175,000 fish during his residence there. "We feed him twenty-five goldfish every other day," says Steve Gruebel, owner of the Cameo Pet Shop.

Buttkiss is named after the well-known linebacker Dick Butkus and has been conditioned to come to Steve's hand for food. "You can see the marks on the top of his head. He'll bang on the top of the tank when he's hungry." Sounds like a true New Yorker.

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