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Chaca

Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae. These fish are commonly known as squarehead catfishes, frogmouth catfishes, or angler catfishes. These unusual fish have a sedentary lifestyle and spend much of their time motionless.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish

speciesChaca bankanensis

Frogmouth Catfish

speciesChaca chaca

Square Head Catfish

speciesChaca burmensis

Chaca serica

speciesChaca serica

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chaca in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.480

Chaca in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.459

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87327.