Welcome to the wonderful world of wood-eating catfish
!
Pictures & data by Jay Nelson & Don Stewart
(SUNY-Syracuse)
Stop # 1, the mouth:
This is what the mouth of a Panaque looks like: this happens
to be an undescribed species.
Here we see what the whole fish looks like:
I don't know about you, but I find it hard to believe that a fish
that attains this size could still be undescribed in 1997, but
such is the state of tropical biodiversity.
And, in case you wanted a little closer look at those teeth:
And now, for the closest view yet:
Now I think you can imagine that they actually do eat wood !
Panaque maccus, the species I've worked with most
For some of the work that has actually been completed go to: