Walking catfish
The walking catfish is a freshwater fish that can crawl across wet land to reach new water. It lives in Southeast Asia and has also been introduced to places such as Florida. Its spiny defence is the reason it needs careful handling.1

Uko wayimenya
- Elongated body, grey or grey-brown in colour1
- Often covered on its sides with small white spots1
- Long dorsal and anal fins, and several pairs of sensory barbels1
- Scaleless skin covered in mucus1
- No adipose fin, a small fleshy fin on the back near the tail1
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is often confused with North American ictalurid catfish and with close relatives such as C. magur. The walking catfish can be told apart from the North American ictalurid catfish because it lacks an adipose fin.1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Amahwa atyaye ni yo atwara ubumara. Kuyikandagira cyangwa kuyifata birababaza.
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.It must be handled carefully when fished because of its embedded sting or thorn-like spines. It is also harmful as an invasive species, because it eats the food of native fish, preys on their young and can destroy fish farms.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
It has a sting or thorn-like spine hidden behind its fins, which it uses to defend itself.1
Niba amahwa yayo akujombye
- Shyira igikomere mu mazi ashyushye, ashyushye uko umuntu abyihanganira atiriwe ashya (bigerageze ukoresheje ukuboko kwawe), mu gihe cy'iminota 30 kugeza kuri 90. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga, cyane cyane ku bya stonefish na stingray.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba amahwa yayo akujombye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
Iremera ibingana iki?
ireshya n'imineke 3 ikurikiranye
ireshya n'ibice 16 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo
yakoga uburebure bw'ikidendezi kinini (metero 50) mu masegonda 30Walking catfish ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
It can survive 18 hours out of water.1
It moves over land with snake-like wiggles, using its pectoral fins to stay upright.1
In Florida, fish farmers have had to put up fences to protect their ponds from them.1
It often rises to the surface to gulp air, because it breathes air as well as using water.1
Walking catfish were imported to Florida in the early 1960s for aquaculture, and escapes led to wild populations.1
In Indonesia it is known as lele and is the main ingredient in dishes such as pecel lele.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: The walking catfish truly walks on land like a four-legged or two-legged animal.
Ukuri: It does not walk in that way. It uses its pectoral fins to stay upright while it wiggles its body in snake-like movements.1
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Walking catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Clarias batrachus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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