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Chaetostoma sp.
río Suaza, Miraguas, Municipio de Altamira, Huila, Colombia
This foto was taken in an area that will be destroyed by the Quimbo Dam currently under construction. Esta foto fue tomado en una zona que sera destruida por la Represa del Quimbo actualmente bajo construcción
Spotted on Jun 30, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012
7 Comments
We call it Janitor Fish in the Philippines for it usually clean the aquarium when you have one of this as a pet. But this species became a species problem after it was introduced to the wild for it kills fishes, easily multiply in numbers and destroy some fishponds
wow those are awesome
Cool!
These fishes usually attach themselves to stones in river rapids using their mouths as suction cups. They don't go so well on standing water, as in a dam... :-(
i see... ya.. its armoured. looks like prehistoric fish
nope, a type of armored catfish
is this mud skipper?