Chaca (fish)
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Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae. These fish are commonly known as squarehead catfishes, frogmouth catfishes, or angler catfishes.[1] These unusual fish have a sedentary lifestyle and spend much of their time motionless.
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Chaca | |
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Chaca chaca | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Suborder: | Siluroidei |
Superfamily: | Siluroidea |
Family: | Chacidae Bleeker, 1858 |
Genus: | Chaca J. E. Gray, 1831 |
Type species | |
Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822 |
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The name Chaca is because, when removed from the water, they will rapidly repeat the sound "chaca".[2] Only C. chaca makes these sounds; the other species do not.[3]