Woodcat
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The woodcat lives in fresh water in the Suico River basin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Woodcat
- Scientific name
- Trachelyopterus fisheri
- Japanese name
- ウッドキャット
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Genus
- Trachelyopterus
Where the name “Woodcat” comes from
Its genus name comes from Greek words meaning “neck” and “wing” or “fin”. Its species name honors the entrepreneur Carl Graham Fisher.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Colombia
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Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ウッドキャットChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Trachelyopterus fisheri, Driftwood catfishChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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