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

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- 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
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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
Maatla a botlhole
Mitlwa e e bogale e rwala botlhole. Go e gata kgotsa go e tshwara go a utlwisa botlhoko.
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.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
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
It has a sting or thorn-like spine hidden behind its fins, which it uses to defend itself.1
Fa mitlwa ya yone e go tlhaba
- Tsenya ntho mo metsing a a mogote, a a bollo jo motho a ka bo itshokang a sa fiswe (a leke ka seatla sa gago pele), metsotso e le 30 go ya go 90. Batla thuso ya bongaka, bogolo jang go ditlhapi tsa lefika le distingrei.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa mitlwa ya yone e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
E kima go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 3 di latelana
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 16 mo moleng
e ka thuma boleele jwa bodiba jo bogolo jwa go thuma (50 m) ka metsotswana e le 30Walking catfish e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
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
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: The walking catfish truly walks on land like a four-legged or two-legged animal.
Nnete: 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
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Walking catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Clarias batrachus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e na le nomoro e e supang motswedi wa yone. Fa re dirile phoso, maitshwarelo, re barati ba diphologolo, e seng kgatiso ya saense. Re bolelele kwa [email protected] mme re tla e baakanya.
Mitlwa ya botlhole
