Invasion biology of suckermouth armored catfishes (Pisces: Pterygoplichthys)

• Main Author: Chavez, Joel M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Pterygoplichthys—Philippines—Laguna de Bay; Pterygoplichthys—Control—Philippines—Laguna de Bay; Introduced aquatic organisms—Control—Philippines—Laguna de Bay; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1193; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/2194/viewcontent/CDTG005274_F2_Redacted.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Suckermouth armoured catfishes (SACs) known locally as "janitor fish" have been introduced into Philippine waters. SACs have been thriving in areas in the Laguna de Bay basin and are considered invasive by way of anecdotal accounts that the fish is causing negative effects to humans and th...