Suckermouth Armored Catfishes

I have been told this is some sort of introduced "armored catfish" which is common here. It is in the grasp of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ejemplar fotografiado en Juárez, Coahuila, sin embargo el origen del organismo es del río Salado, aguas abajo de la cortina de la presa V. Carranza a la altura del ejido Mexiquito, según los pescadores..

One of three individuals on the same rock

This Loricariid caught in Hawaii’s Manoa River, is a descendent of fish imported for the pet trade.

Large feral population of 50+ individuals.

se capturo un individuo junto con otras tres especies diferentes con trampa

Found dead.

Learn more about Spatuloricaria atratoensisX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.

X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit the SITES page for the tour itinerary.

X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit the SITES page for the tour itinerary.

Mouth of Loricariichthys anus from a dam in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, photographed in February 2009.FishBase - www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=50667