* Armoured suckermouth catfish grow up to 2ft long. Females are bigger than males.
* Herbivores, they feed mainly on algae - but will eat almost any detritus.
* Sucker-like lips enable them to cling to surfaces and rasp off food.
* Live in tropical South and Central America. Able to survive in very fast and dirty water.
* Rapid breeders, females lay their eggs on submerged stones, logs or in holes.
* Males guard the eggs, which hatch in 3 to 5 days.
* Natives reported to eat the eggs as caviar.
* Popular aquarium fish because they provide a 'clean-up service' for the tank by hoovering up algae.
* Sometimes called 'plecos' or 'plecs' after Latin name 'hypostomus plecostomus'.
* More than 100 different species of suckermouth catfish. Some can live out of water for up to 30 hours.
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