Family Chacidae - Squarehead or angler catfish
  Order
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Chacidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 2 | Species : 5 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
  Division
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Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
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some
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: India to Borneo (the 2 species occupying disjunct ranges). Head broad and depressed. Hind part of body compressed. Mouth large and terminal. Eyes reduced. One short leading spine in dorsal fin: soft rays 4. Anal fin soft rays 8-10. Pectoral fin having 1 serrated spine; soft rays 4 or 5. Large pelvic fins; fin rays 6. Adipose fin continuous with caudal fin. Branchiostegal rays 6-8. Total vertebrae 31-35; abdominals 14-16. About 24 cm maximum length. Maxillary barbels sometimes used to lure prey.
  Etymology
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Because of the sound that this fish makes when out of water
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Siluriphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | | Chacidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Chacidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Chaca chaca (Hamilton, 1822)
acceptedseniornew
Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822
synonymseniororiginal
Chaca lophioides Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
Chaca buchanani Günther, 1864
synonymjuniororiginal
Chaca bankanensis (non Bleeker, 1852)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chaca bankanensis Bleeker, 1852
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaca burmensis Brown & Ferraris, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaca lophioides (non Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chaca serica Ng & Kottelat, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Stevardiinae
Cyanogaster noctivaga Mattox, Britz, Toledo-Piza & Marinho, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
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