{"id":10987,"date":"2007-05-01T19:13:12","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T02:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/05\/01\/holy-batfish.html"},"modified":"2007-05-01T19:13:12","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T02:13:12","slug":"holy_batfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/01\/holy_batfish.html","title":{"rendered":"Holy Batfish!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scientists have named a “Batman Fish<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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The new loricariid catfish is a member of the hypoptopomatine genus Otocinclus and has a dark marking on its tail resembling the Batman logo.<\/p>\n

Ichthyologist Pablo Lehmann, of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, has named the species Otocinclus batmani in a paper in the current volume of the journal Neotropical Ichthyology.<\/p>\n

“The name batmani, alludes to Bob Kane’s hero Batman of the comic adventures, which had a bat shape for his symbol, referring to the single W- or bat-shaped vertical spot on the caudal fin”, wrote Lehmann.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What next?  Joker Fish<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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(via Avocet)<\/p>\n

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