Squarehead catfish
Chaca chaca
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A squarehead catfish from the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, from rivers, canals and ponds. It lies motionless, buried in the soft bottom, and lures prey with a worm-like appendage at its mouth.
- Scientific name
- Chaca chaca
- Family
- Chacidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Chacidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Chaca bankanensis, Chaca buchanani, Chaca lophioides, Platystacus chaca
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 22–25 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 4–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 20 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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