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The flathead catfish is also known as the yellow cat, mud cat, Johnnie cat, goujon, appaluchion, opelousas, [3] [4] pied cat and Mississippi cat. [5] In dialect of the Ozark mountains it may be referred to as a "granny cat." [6]
Opelousas (French: Les Opélousas; Spanish: Los Opeluzás) is a small city and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2]
The North American catfish has acquired an association with American Southern folklore which exceeds its place as a mere food fish. The image of cane-pole fishing for catfish at a proverbial lazy stream has become a stand-by of southern Americana. In some areas, the bullhead is seen as a desirable quarry, for its fighting qualities exceed its size.
It is part of the Opelousas−Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was founded in 1889 and is known as the Atchafalaya River Catfish Capital of Louisiana. It is directly across the river from the ghost town Red Cross, Louisiana.
Callichthyids are fairly small catfish, and range in size from some tiny Corydoras species that do not exceed 2 cm (0.79 in) to Hoplosternum littorale, which some sources list as growing to a length of up to 24 cm (9.4 in) TL. [3] [14] The mouth is small and ventral with one or two pairs of well-developed barbels. [4]
Opelousas Catholic beat District 6-1A rival Catholic-Pointe Coupee 1-0 in the Division IV Select final. Montgomery’s Zoey Fitts was voted the Outstanding Player. Fitts helped third-seeded ...
Trichomycteridae has the greatest distribution of any catfish family. [8] It is widely distributed throughout the Neotropics. [9] These fish originate from freshwater in Costa Rica, Panama, and throughout South America. [10] The family extends from Panama southward to Chile and Argentina. [8]
In the rematch, Opelousas stayed in control over Cecilia. The Tigers beat the Bulldogs and won their first football state championship Friday.