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Chaca (fish), the Glossary

Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae.^[1]

22 relations: Aquarium, Barbel (anatomy), Borneo, Catfish, Chaca bankanensis, Chaca burmensis, Chaca chaca, Cyprinidae, Fishes of the World, Forage fish, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Fresh water, Genus, Heok Hee Ng, Ichthyology & Herpetology, India, John Edward Gray, Maurice Kottelat, PH, Pieter Bleeker, Pupfish, Wiley (publisher).
Chacidae

Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Barbel (anatomy)

In fish anatomy and turtle anatomy, a barbel is a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ near the mouth.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Chaca bankanensis

Chaca bankanensis is a species of angler catfish found in the Sundaland region, where it occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Chaca (fish) and Chaca bankanensis are Chacidae.

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Chaca burmensis

Chaca burmensis is a species of angler catfish endemic to Myanmar, where it is found in the Sittang River and possibly the Ayeyarwady drainage. Chaca (fish) and Chaca burmensis are Chacidae.

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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. Chaca (fish) and chaca chaca are Chacidae.

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Cyprinidae

Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Chaca (fish) and Cyprinidae are fish of Asia.

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Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.

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Forage fish

Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on plankton and other tiny organisms.

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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist who made significant contributions as a geographer and zoologist while living in India.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Heok Hee Ng

Heok Hee Ng is a Singaporean ichthyologist and researcher of biodiversity at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum of the National University of Singapore.

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Ichthyology & Herpetology

Ichthyology & Herpetology (formerly Copeia) is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was originally named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Maurice Kottelat

Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (accessed 2014)) is a Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes.

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PH

In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").

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Pieter Bleeker

Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Pupfish

Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaca_(fish)

Also known as Angler catfish, Chaca (genus), Chacidae, Frogmouth catfish, Squarehead catfish.