It's not very pretty, nor is it graceful, but Colombia's rock-climbing catfish has a unique ability among fish. Find out more on today's Creation Moments Minute. The rock-climbing catfish's climbing equipment begins with a powerful sucker mouth. Once it has attached its sucker to the rock, it pulls up its stomach plate and anchors it.

2023年6月7日 · It’s not very pretty, nor is it graceful, but Colombia’s rock-climbing catfish has a unique ability among fish. Perhaps there are days when a salmon, trying to make it up a waterfall, wishes that it could simply climb the rocks. The rock-climbing catfish’s climbing equipment begins with a powerful sucker mouth.

It's not very pretty, nor is it graceful, but Colombia's rock-climbing catfish has a unique ability among fish. Perhaps there are days when a salmon, trying to make it up a waterfall, wishes that it could simply climb the rocks. The rock-climbing catfish's climbing equipment begins with a powerful sucker mouth.

2009年1月22日 · The newfound catfish, Lithogenes wahari, shares traits with two different families of fish — Loricariidae (armored catfishes) and Astroblepidae (climbing catfishes). It has bony armor that ...

The climbing behavior in a suckermouth Loricariidae catfish species is reported for the first time. A group of eight specimens of Cordylancistrus sp. were observed in situ climbing a waterfall in a mountain stream of the Colombian Andes.

2025年2月6日 · Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt 1805 in memory of Don Mariano Grixalva, a “respectable scholar” who “disseminated at Popayan [Colombia, where this catfish occurs] a taste for the physical sciences, which he himself cultivated with success” (translation)

The Santander climbing catfish, or Astroblepus ardilai, is a fascinating species that captures the attention of both scientists and enthusiasts alike. This

The Driftwood Catfish is found in the South America region growing up to 28cm in length. Found hiding, amongst driftwood, logs, rocks, and vegetation, or on the surface of the water, feeding, in rivers and...

2009年3月5日 · Rock Climbing Pleco Jan. 29, 2009 -- A newly identified catfish from tropical South America adroitly climbs rocks by grasping them with its tail and...

The Tete sea catfish (Ariopsis seemanni) or Colombian shark catfish is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae, native to Pacific -draining rivers and estuaries in Central and South America. [1]