walking catfish

American  

noun

1. an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.

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Etymology

Origin of walking catfish

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Several videos after Debby's landfall show a species known as walking catfish popping up in driveway puddles in Florida and South Carolina.

From BBC

The Walking Catfish, faced with a shrinking pond, uses its front fins to amble over to safer waters.

From Economist

For most Floridians, though, disaster-flirting comes at a smaller, quieter scale — sudden plagues of frogs, grasshoppers, or invasions of walking catfish.

From Los Angeles Times

The walking catfish, a Southeast Asian native that's invaded South Florida, has an extra organ that supports its gills and helps it take in oxygen from the air.

From National Geographic

Both the snakehead and walking catfish move to “greener pastures” in search of mates, food, or if their current water source is drying up Burgess says.

From National Geographic