05-24-2023-0620 - Opisthopatus_drakensbergi, velvet worm, Walking Catfish, black catfish, Peripatoides sp. walking, Peripatopsis overbergiensis squirting its slime, tiny peripatopsis, etc. (draft)

Opisthopatus drakensbergi is a species of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae.^[1] This species is a clade in the O. cinctipes species complex. This species has 16 pairs of legs. Specimens are brown and slate black with a line down the middle of the back and a brown ventral surface. The original description of this species is based on a male holotype measuring 13 mm in length. This species is found at high altitude in the forests of the Drakensberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.^[2] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthopatus_drakensbergi

Peripatopsis overbergiensis squirting its slime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychophora

Peripatoides sp. walking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychophora

Walking catfish
Specimen from Jatimulyo, Lumajang Regency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_catfish

Head dorsal view.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_catfish