Such fish as are known to exist are described as looking like vacuum cleaners, and explode when brought to clean water.

This fish, part of the Etheostoma squamiceps species complex, was formally described in 1992.

This fish was described in 2005.

However, the fish had previously been described in America.

The fish was first described as Cobitis macracanthus by Pieter Bleeker in 1852.

In some literature, this fish is described as C sota.

This fish was described as a species in 1994.

This fish was first described in 1989.

This fish was described to science as a new species in 2005.

Although a few fish are described as spiced, hot spiciness was largely undetectable.