Catfish Discovery: batmani
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 9th, 2007
Cryptopal David Pescovitz posts today at Boing Boing about the new "Batman fish":
The Otocinclus batmani is a newly-discovered species of catfish that’s named after comix hero Batman. Ichthyologist Pablo Lehmann, of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, named the fish based on a bat symbol-like spot on its tail. The fish, around 4cm long, was discovered in Colombia and Peru.
For more, see here.
Hum. Wonder what Catwoman would say about that?
The actual article is accessible here. There are a few more species descriptions also in that publication.
The full description is within the publication: Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (4): 379-383, 2006 with the paper name and author being Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Columbia and Peru – Pablo Lehmann
Craig Heinselman
Peterborough, NH
Probably, MMmm…delicious!
It’s always nice to hear about a newly discovered species. Is there a Robinfish swimming about? Sorry, just had to throw that in.
Otocinclus are familiar to tropical catfish keepers (whether they own any or not, which I never have). It’s nice to see a new kind, and on this site.
vet 72: the searobin. known fish species.
Batmobilefish or Riddlerfish I’m leaving to the icthies.