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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Suborder: | Siluroidei |
| Superfamily: | Siluroidea |
| Family: | Chacidae Bleeker, 1858 |
| Genus: | Chaca J. E. Gray, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822
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Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae. These fish are commonly known as squarehead catfishes, frogmouth catfishes, or angler catfishes.[1] These unusual fish have a sedentary lifestyle and spend much of their time motionless.
The name Chaca is because, when removed from the water, they will rapidly repeat the sound "chaca".[2] Only C. chaca makes these sounds; the other species do not.[3]
- ^ "Chacidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 8, 2007.
- ^ Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia. 1982 (4). American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.
- ^ "Catfish of the Month::March 2001". 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2007-05-08.