Chaca

E807539

Chaca is a genus of freshwater catfish known for its flattened body, large mouth, and bottom-dwelling, ambush-predator lifestyle in South and Southeast Asian waters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chaca canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
bodyShape strongly flattened body ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName angler catfishes ⓘ
containsTaxon Chaca bankanensis ⓘ
Chaca burmensis ⓘ
Chaca chaca ⓘ
diet aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
ecologicalNiche sit-and-wait predator ⓘ
environment tropical freshwater ⓘ
family Chacidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior ambush predator ⓘ
foundInWaterBody backwaters ⓘ
peat swamps ⓘ
slow-moving streams ⓘ
geographicDistribution Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
habitat floodplains ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
hasVertebralColumn true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle benthic ⓘ
bottom-dwelling ⓘ
locomotion slow-moving ⓘ
morphologicalAdaptation camouflage with substrate ⓘ
morphologicalFeature broad head ⓘ
cryptic coloration ⓘ
large mouth ⓘ
nativeTo South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
order Siluriformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Chacidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
respiration gills ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
substratePreference leaf litter ⓘ
soft substrates ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
vernacularName frogmouth catfish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chacidae → containsGenus → Chaca ⓘ