Frogmouth Catfish
Chaca chaca
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Chaca chaca is a species of angler catfish found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system of India and the Ayeyarwady River of Myanmar, where it is found in rivers, canals and ponds of grassland, scrubland, deciduous forest and rainforest habitats. It is a bottom-dwelling species that inhabits sandy, muddy, or soft substrates where it buries itself for both protection and ambush predation. In Assam, it is locally known as kurkuri. Chaca chaca is occasionally seen in the aquarium trade as an ornamental species due to its unusual appearance and behavior.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Chacidae
- Genus
- Chaca