Thousands of janitor fish were found dead after being washed onto a path during a typhoon in the Philippines. Footage shows the large black fish lining the banks of Marikina River that had reached ...

T he Plecostomus is often known as the “janitor fish” thanks to its sucker-like mouth that will eagerly hoover up algae and practically anything else that gets within its reach. Whereas they ...

Similarly, Indonesians call it “ikan sapu-sapu” (sweeper fish) and Filipinos call it the “janitor fish”. Natives of the Amazon River basin, they are members of the armoured catfish family.

He found every fish he caught was of the suckermouth variety, also known as the “pleco” or “ikan bandaraya” – which translates as the “janitor fish” in Malay and is favoured by ...

Here’s why, and how we can help prevent them. Dead fish float among reeds along the shore of Kleiner Jasmunder Bodden on the island of Rügen, Germany in September 2022. Fish die-offs like these ...