Why this invasive armored catfish is referred to as devil fish in Mexico.

[@your-dad319]

That's one of the many reasons you shouldn't purchase animals from places like Petco or PetSmart! I used to work there and the amount of uneducated people we had to sell to was just sad.. ppl would want to buy a pleco for a 10 gallon and when I told them it would grow to be 12" they said they could just release it🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@junegartley]

A very good reason for keeping the outsiders,out.

[@DaughterCesar]

Just don’t buy fish before doing research first

[@vinny.deadmou5d46]

@@junegartley to late.. they've already succeeded in destroying our countries youth with drugs, not to mention all of gen z, millennials, and gen x also with drugs.. anything they come in contact with they destroy..we should've conqured them back in the 1800s. What a shame

[@HeadsDisplay]

​@@DaughterCesardumb statement when most who buy fish dont know what they are doing because fish looks cool. Or parents getting them for there kid because they dont trust them to take care other type of pets like lizard, cat, birds, dogs and so on.

[@DaughterCesar]

@@HeadsDisplay I’m more talking about adults

[@MB-un2fb]

These things were always my least favorite of my dad's aquarium fish especially after I found one feeding on one of my favorite fish in the tank when I was a wee kiddo. That shit was traumatic.

[@kenhammscousin4716]

Cawl dud

[@bl0pez772]

That will only happen if they are starved. Plecos have to be fed, and require a steady source of biofilm on top of that to survive. If all they have access to is algae, they will starve and begin to predate on other fish in the tank out of desperation

[@MB-un2fb]

@@bl0pez772 JFC. Just how much do these things actually eat? My dad fed those things so much as it was already. That's horrifying.

[@bl0pez772]

@MB-un2fb They eat A LOT. Constantly. They also produce ENORMOUS amounts of waste. Depending on the type of pleco, some are omnivorous (insects, plant material) but most are biofilm grazers and are exclusively herbivores. If there are dead things in the tank, they may be opportunistic and nibble on them. But they aren't carnivorous and won't predate on fish unless they're literally starving.

[@bl0pez772]

I have plecos and they've never done that to any of my other fish. They're super peaceful and docile. I feed them specifically and they have a planted tank with driftwood to rasp on.

[@vasanthpragash854]

I was thinking it looked like a tank cleaner fish that grew really big. I may have had one long ago but it died.

[@openlyracist8055]

The one screaming when it knew it was to be killed

[@annamorgan5909]

I bought one of these plecos from a big name pet store, at the suggestion of an employee. I ended up giving him away to someone with a huge aquarium, because of how big he got.

[@georginacox3108]

Same here!!

[@jacejackson5253]

To anyone in the comments who calls these as Janitor fish. I just wanna say "have a good day".

[@georginacox3108]

I had one in my old tank and he grew huge!! Very beautiful

[@tomb2289]

It's a shame people have been so irresponsible as they're such cool-looking characterful armoured creatures

[@datheoryof]

They serve their purpose well in Florida waters. Crazy how things are perfectly in sync with an ecosystem in one place & a total "devil" in another place 😂😂😂

[@voidstorm69]

Florida 💀

[@tanvishreem7487]

Over here, we call them cleaner fish! I had one named muk. He was a hard worker 🫡

[@Timelord888]

I always called them suckers

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@mickeythompson8471]

Plecos. You can catch them by hand in Florida canels.

[@swizzleproxi4810]

When you think about it this fish is quite incredible its strength to survive is very strong, can it not be eaten?

[@jaychapman2045]

Those are really cool fish. They actually play dead sometimes.

[@lh8956]

I LOVE how humans are never called ‘invasive’ or the problem. When it’s HUMANS who cause EVERY SINGLE invasive species situation by releasing pets. EVERY SINGLE SITUATION is caused by humans, but the animals are vilified.

[@mjallen1308]

But we’re made in some God’s image so we can’t be the problem…

[@bitcoin8234]

Lol foolish Christian 😂 😂 ​@@mjallen1308

[@hectormata449]

I got into aquariums because whenever I saw one in malls or other homes, but I made the mistake of trusting the fish store personnel to stock my 80 gallon aquarium with colorful fish and they included several plecostamus that started small and grew huge. Also, they were very skittish whenever I had to clean the tank and would thrash around the tank and occasionally injuring other fish. They really don’t do a very good job of kicking the algae grow so I still had to manually clean the corners, the landscape plants, figurines, etc. After several years I finally learned to use multiple systems of water filtrations, proper timed feeding systems so that I could be gone for four to six months and return to a healthy biodiverse aquarium.

[@ConstanceShabazz]

My Favorite fish,he keeps the fish tank clean. 😊

[@IDrawCoolRandomThingsTY]

In our country recall that janitor fish

[@---nk4mk]

Thing is you can eat them 👀👀 I seen a while ago a high class restaurant make them into something amazing and some people here have videos on how you can prepare them. You just gotta purge them thoroughly.

[@JuniorCruz-dv8bc]

Fun fact if that fish looks dead its not its alive they live for months without water but when it rains they move and slide away

[@flowwolfvibez]

My dad always be buying these fish

[@soiyavnz]

Same shit on PH lakes, we call these guys janitor fish on aquarium, pest in the wild.

[@cookiesandkream2628]

In Kerala we call it " Sucker "

[@Karedu.]

Not wanting to be a fish nerd,☝️🤓 but in Brasil we call them "Cascudo" not "Acari"

[@Jay-hl8vp]

So basically a big “algae eater”

[@khaledmorshed4198]

This fish is looks like little bit nasty but it's taste not bad at all but the problem is it's bit hard to clean for it armor .

[@bishon_paul]

We call that "Helecopter fish"😂 I don't where the name came from, don't ask me😂

[@azuanazman7504]

here in Malaysia, we called this as Ikan Bandaraya - Municipal Fish. since it’s fed on algae and most people who had fish in their aquarium tends to put one of these in it just to help them cleaned out any dirts and algae

[@iftekhermahmud2459]

In Bangladesh, we call them Sucker fish

[@ezarachmawan5881]

In indonesia we call “ikan sapu-sapu“

[@KD_Puvvadi]

This devil fish has been causing problems in the Indian river bodies.

[@bigred1502]

In Florida they are hell bro, taste good tho

[@______IV]

I really want to solve the maze on its body. Is it illegal to draw on a fish and then release it?

[@aseprider4447]

In Indonesia called SAPU SAPU Fish

[@TheBussyBandit]

Do they taste good?

[@valleymykel-mq7gw]

We blame common people for releasing them... But I argue that the constant of pesticides abuse and chemical pollution in these waterways are 10x more of an issue to the aquatic plant life than these plecostomus are.

[@shelldie8523]

I had this shit in my aquarium

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

We need to have licenses for all pets.

[@Dr.yukesh2024]

This is now a chaotic fish in south India government took action to eradicate but it didn't work and it wouldn't work 😢

[@vladdracula2643]

We call them Placostamus I believe

[@aronrosales155]

It's called Janitor fish😂

[@bob67898]

Who da hell named a reservoir little hell.

[@realcanadiangirl64]

Here in my Alberta city they took out thousands of goldfish from our lakes and threw them all in the garbage. Stop releasing your fish!!!

[@andrewbarnett7418]

That is a placo🐠🐟🦈🐳🐋🐬🦭

[@mjallen1308]

People don’t just do this with fish. They do this ALL KINDS of animals including dogs. Just let it go in the woods. This is why there needs to be some kind of oversight.

[@velvetyvivi8111]

Is it in New Mexico?

[@Blue_Oceanic]

I have a pleco who I’m building a pond for and he is adorable! You really shouldn’t release any pet fish because they can become invasive which we all know is bad. If anyone is going to get a pleco I recommend you do some research first

[@RebeLeigh]

I had one that got so big and he was mean! He would attack the other large oscars and killed them with blunt force trauma. I did keep him til the day he died but i sure didnt like him

[@fahadhossanfahim3094]

These fish are so many found in Bangladesh 😢

[@Uchiha-_-_-]

people are saying theirs are like 12” mine is like 1 cm💀💀

[@poshdesigns1952]

Juadalajara....I wonder how many Indians understand in India

[@karthik4702]

In 2018 flood in Kerala State of India they cought 6 ft arapaima, alligator gar, etc beacuse of flood and brain less people almost all Amazon big fishes have end up in river and other water resources.

[@Justyourlocalguy]

Placo that’s what it’s xalled

[@apemancommeth8087]

If people were smart, they’d catch them and sell them at a better price than what you’d get at a pet store! Not only will you get a bigger one but the price will be much lower than the competition! 🤔😀👌🏻 it’s a win win!

[@jazzycat1390]

Did you not learn the basics of supply and demand? If they sell them locally no one would buy it since it's everywhere and if they try to sell it elsewhere then the cost of shipping wouldn't be worth buying it or selling it in the first place. Also there are laws against the transport or selling of invasive species and they are registered as wild animals so you would need a special permit for such. So if you're smart then you wouldn't try to sell them as pets not only because of the legal troubles you would get in but also the costs to sell would be greater than the price people already can buy it for.

[@mysticbow8602]

I'm just gonna say it "The cat is smarter than the monkey".

[@twixnitup42]

A sucker fish when you looked at your 50 gal fish tank he was always stuck to the side, but bottom feeding fish for them to be editable u have to put them in your bath tub for hours to get that horrible taste out who cares

[@nickadimouse1]

Can you eat it ?

[@juliacrall9899]

Yes. But there's little meat on them. In the aquarium world they are called plecostomus. You can't even break them with a slegehammer ⚒️ !

[@nickadimouse1]

@@juliacrall9899 holy cow a tank fish

[@v96ar]

It's a curse for everyone, in india it's taking over fresh water changing ecosystem

[@animalfriend6413]

That's exactly what I wanted to know when I saw it.

[@qolspony]

​@@juliacrall9899Which is why they have been blacklisted.

[@warrentronica]

Don’t harm him! Put him back in the water

[@Justyourlocalguy]

Oh

[@warrentronica]

Cute

[@Itsjustbaez]

😮😊

[@redtobertshateshandles]

I hate these hopeful people. The world is screwed. Prepare yourself.

[@stephendonnelly4708]

That's a pleco

[@MohgLordOfBloods]

Aren’t plecos the same thing as this or are they a different species

[@bl0pez772]

There are 1000s of different types

[@kacangajaib1563]

Ah another Catfish species again😂

[@dashippo]

People complain of a nanny state....but then go ahead and do this crap.

[@jacksonswolfdohnalvlogs2761]

That's a pleco lmao

[@Iamapuzzle]

They can get 2 feet long

[@ghost_stealth961]

This fish live in african rivers is afric they are native in Africa or South Africa

[@v96ar]

Its a nightmare

[@BlazRa]

But at least when its mother goes out of town it can sleep on her side of the bed

[@decordova.]

Call them pero pero fish.

[@qolspony]

Can you eat them? And do they taste good?

[@MommaWinner]

Wtf that’s nasty their eating shit and dead animals

[@ClintonPyrotechnics]

Yes, we eat it here in Philippines tatse a bit weird.

[@qolspony]

@@ClintonPyrotechnics Wow!

[@user-qo7mg8bf3e]

Actually it’s known as a Pleco

[@Daveeeeeeyhowyoudoing]

You suck at paying attention, this video isnt even 50 seconds and you failed to listen... You have a tictok attention spand 😂💀💀💀

[@FAIQFADHIL]

Cleaning serfish

[@Edward4Plantagenet]

Put some ch!nese in the rivers 😂😂😂 They aren't picky eaters 😂

[@BlazRa]

It's kind of hilarious how we criticize animals for being in an area where they don't have a lot of competition or whatever Meanwhile we're just dominating everything in all environments😂

[@DatsiKxModz]

Exactly also the fact that they think that things like that don't naturally happen and that they should control it

[@msscoutshadow]

I think its ironic

[@BlazRa]

@@DatsiKxModz that is true things can naturally be introduced into a new area Or they can get so smart they start tearing down the trees and beeswax and make boats and then they go somewhere new and just start living there

[@dinonoobster4460]

​@DatsiKxModz animals do naturally get to new places but this is something we have made faster.

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

Devil fussy

[@jamesvalentine5771]

It's a picasimus

[@rockfreak285]

Aka plecos

[@D00dman]

They should make underwater Glocks so you can shoot all of the catfish, like that one dude did with the rockfish

[@levicosta5416]

Brazilian Cascudo, That's what it's called here in Brazil.. 👍🏻🇧🇷

[@notjayoroblox8810]

mora of the story don't buy or release fish it's distorying wild

[@DennyDennis-to5mu]

Placekoe

[@leeoso7295]

Ikan bandaraya

[@DominicRIVERA-oy3ot]

Arent those plecos

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

Hear me out

[@bigfoot6749]

Good take all of them out and put back in where there supposed to be.😊

[@swors555]

R u serious

[@astroch]

Interesting Turing pattern on their skin

[@inbetween1-042]

You can throw them in the sewer and they will thrive😂😂😂

[@Goozero1]

Frickin' plecos. I don't like them.

[@ekspiroltasim2440]

Like israel

[@nonnyevam]

Hewan pembersih kaca ini mah

[@catfishtv411]

Haha

[@Master_Deer]

That’s a Placo

[@romanregman1469]

I ain't going to "learn" every latino lingo, because I ain't mexican, nor will I ever visit that hellhole, so's for the "LL" reading as "ioio", I'm a'gonna keep reading it as a long L, like anyone who learned to speak american. Also, what's the deal with mexicans naming their state as "United States of Mexican" instead of "United States of America, Southern Latino Sector"? Don't they have enough money to buy a map and see they're in North America? or do they lump themselves in with the other mexican countries in Central & Southern America? As far as this undocumented immigrant fish, at least they came up with the right idea to "handle" it - shaft it on sight and then "ICE" it.

[@Master_Deer]

That is a placo

[@seangilchrest6091]

Plecostomas

[@MuhammadRafi]

Ikan Bandaraya @ DBKL

[@danisvang1]

That's a pleco

[@suneshpragas3613]

That's a pleco

[@DatsiKxModz]

That's a pleco