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The largest recorded weight for a gafftopsail catfish is 4.54 kg (10.0 lb) [7] and 69 cm (27 in) in length. [8] A more common weight and length of gafftopsails caught is 1–2 lb (450–910 g) and 12–16 in (30–41 cm). As gafftopsail catfish grow longer, they increase in weight, but the relationship is not linear.
Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815) (gafftopsail catfish) Bagre panamensis ( T. N. Gill , 1863) (Chilhuil sea catfish) Bagre pinnimaculatus ( Steindachner , 1877) (red sea catfish)
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Amazon sailfin catfish: Pterygoplichthys pardalis: Amberjack: Seriola: American anglerfish: Lophius americanus: American butterfish: Peprilus triacanthus: American conger: Conger oceanicus: American eel: Anguilla rostrata: Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. American fourspot flounder: Hippoglossina oblonga
The dorsal spine is normally erect when the fish is excited and a tennis shoe or even a leather-soled shoe offers little protection. The gafftopsail catfish looks similar to the hardhead catfish, but its dorsal and pectoral spines have a distinctive fleshy extension (like the fore-and-aft topsail of a ship).
Although hardhead catfish reach a weight of about 5.5 kg (12 lb) and are edible, they have a mixed reputation as game fish and are often considered nuisance bait stealers. [12] A less-abundant species, more highly regarded as a game and food fish, is the gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus. The range of the gafftop extends further south, to ...
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Catfish are fed a grain-based diet that includes soybean meal. Fish are fed daily through the summer, at rates of 1-6% of body weight with pelleted floating feed. Catfish need about two pounds of feed to produce one pound of live weight. Mississippi is home to 100,000 acres (400 km 2) of catfish ponds, the