Catfish are one of the most diverse groups of fishes on Earth, and the new discovery puts the total number of Loricariidae (the family which includes bristlenose catfish) close to a thousand.

With tentacle-covered snouts, claw-like spines that protrude from their heads and bodies covered in armor, these newfound catfish look more mythical than real.Scientists just discovered six ...

All of these unusual aquatic creatures are bristlenose catfish, ... “We discovered six new species of really cool catfish from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins,” said Dr De Souza.

Scientists just discovered six new species of bristlenose catfish in the Amazon. In an evolutionary move that takes 'catfishing' to a whole new, kind of sweet level, the males have tentacled faces ...

Scientists just discovered six new species of bristlenose catfish in the Amazon. In an evolutionary move that takes 'catfishing' to a whole new, kind of sweet level, the males have tentacled faces ...

The new catfish are all part of the genus Acistrus, which is know as the bristlenose catfish. They're river-dwellers that measure between three and six inches long – with males marked by ...

A bristlenose catfish (Ancistrus sp.) specimen, of a new species that was discovered through a Conservation International Rapid Assessment expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape in Peru, is ...

With tentacle-covered snouts, claw-like spines that protrude from their heads and bodies covered in armor, these newfound catfish look more mythical than real.Scientists just discovered six species of ...

Scientists just discovered six species of these creepy-cute fish, called bristlenose catfish (in the genus Ancistrus), in rivers of the Amazon, the researchers reported in the journal Zootaxa ...

Scientists just discovered six species of these creepy-cute fish, called bristlenose catfish (in the genus Ancistrus), in rivers of the Amazon, the researchers reported in the journal Zootaxa ...