#walking catfish

[mr-big-mac]

drew @battery-enthusiast's picture of a walking catfish

catfish all by itself

og photo:

noob vers:

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Give me your Least Fishy fish, your muddiest skipper to your most pressurized snailfish

Fish that crawls outta the water just for the heck of it

You get a Walking Catfish

Clarias batrachus

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

It's not every day you see a fish walking on land! However, when the streams and ponds of the airbreathing catfish dry up, this species will readily wriggle across the jungle floor in search of a new home. Thanks to a special organ called a labyrinth organ, they are able to breathe air and can remain outside of water for several hours provided they stay moist.

(Image: A Java walking catfish, Clarias batrachus, by sdickman via iNaturalist)

If you like what I do, consider buying me a ko-fi!

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #385

Catfish!

Even though there's multiple varied species of catfish, none have scales! Some species can have armoured plates, however.

[metalsonicscraps]

You know what? Fuck you, you're learning about walking catfish today

These fuckers! When it rains heavily, they waddle onto the land looking for new habitats! Like they're walking! They can survive for a while out of water (google says 18 hours) and truly are a sight to behold!

Putting more useless info down here lol

They are native to southeast Asia, but can also be found in parts of the US (can't speak for other areas but they are pretty common in southwest Florida)

They are very tasty! Catfish (walking and nonwalking) are one of the most commonly eaten freshwater fish in Florida (im getting hungry writing this lol).

They don't have scales, and instead are very slimy

They thrive in stagnant waters, so they can often be found in ditches and irrigation lines (in Florida, can't speak for other places)

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

Could have show cased the newt more but overall not bad xD

[fish-daily]

Please , may i ask for the walking catfish (clarias batrachus)? They're my favorite animal in the world and i would absolutely adore seeing one in your style!

fish 139 - walking catfish/c. batrachus

[dougdimmadodo]

Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus)

Family: Airbreathing Catfish Family (Clariidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Native to the island of Jawa in Indonesia but also present as an invasive species across much of southern Asia and North America, the Walking Catfish is an adaptable species found in a wide range of freshwater habitats, but does best in stagnant, oxygen-poor pools where its ability to extract oxygen from air using a frilly, vaguely lung-like internal respiratory organ connected to its gills known as a suprabranchial organ allows it to live where most competing fish species cannot, increasing it's ability to access the aquatic plants, invertebrates and occasional small vertebrates on which it feeds. As pools inhabited by members of this species are often stagnant or small it is not unusual for them to dry up, and to account for this Walking Catfishes, as their name suggests, have developed the ability to slowly crawl across dry land using a set of tough spines on their pectoral fins, using this along with their ability to breathe air to survive out of water for up to 18 hours, allowing them to travel to new pools.

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