6 endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the world's largest and rarest freshwater fish — spotted in Cambodia
Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and ...
Photos: See the most common fish that are found in Louisiana
Catfish is a freshwater fish that is native to Louisiana. There are several different types of catfish including blue, ...
‘Armored’ creature with ‘copper colored’ teeth found in river. It’s a new species
In a river of eastern Brazil, an “armored” creature swam along searching for the next meal to sink its “copper colored” teeth ...
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‘Armored’ river creature with ‘copper colored’ teeth turns out to be new species
Intrigued, researchers analyzed the catfish and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Neoplecostomus altimontanus, or the high mountain armored catfish. A Neoplecostomus altimontanus ...
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‘Armored’ creature with ‘copper colored’ teeth found in river. It’s a new species
During the surveys, scientists caught dozens of unfamiliar-looking catfish. For over a decade, scientific studies referenced the unique Sapucaí fish as an unknown species, but no one had studied ...