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Hypostomus plecostomus
Wels catfish - Wikipedia ... Wels catfish
The stonecat is a benthic, opportunistic feeder, using its sensitive barbels during the night to search for food on the river bottom. Stonecats eat a diversity of food items, such as aquatic insect larvae (e.g., mayflies), mollusks, minnows, fish eggs, isopods, amphipods, crayfish, plant material, worms and chilopods.
Flathead catfish
Channel catfish - Wikipedia ... Channel catfish
The vundu is the largest true freshwater fish in southern Africa, reaching up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in length and 55 kg (121 lb) in weight. [2] (. Bull sharks are also found in southern Africa and reach a larger size, but occur in both fresh and saltwater.) Few other catfish have such large second dorsal fins (adipose fins) or such long barbels as do ...
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.
The eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus, is a species of catfish ( order Siluriformes) of the family Plotosidae. [2] This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan. [3] This species is a freshwater fish native to the Murray - Darling river system of eastern Australia. [2] The scientific name for eel-tailed catfish ...