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  2. Pterygoplichthys - Wikipedia

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    Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus, often sold as a common pleco, is an aquarium fish often purchased as an algae eater. P. gibbiceps has been bred commercially in fish farms in Florida and Malaysia for the aquarium trade. P. multiradiatus and P. pardalis are both known as common plecos and are widely sold as algae eaters.

  3. Pseudoplatystoma - Wikipedia

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    Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae.The species are known by a number of different common names.They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to stay at maximum depth, but some species can also be seen in lakes, flooded forests, and other freshwater habitats.

  4. Ictaluridae - Wikipedia

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    Noturus, madtoms. Prietella. Pylodictis. Satan. Trogloglanis. The Ictaluridae, sometimes called ictalurids, are a family of catfish native to North America, where they are an important food source and sometimes fished for sport. The family includes about 51 species, some commonly known as bullheads, madtoms, channel catfish, and blue catfish.

  5. Trichomycteridae - Wikipedia

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    Trichomycteridae. Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes commonly known as pencil catfishes or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa), feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of humans. They are one of the few parasitic chordates.

  6. Pterygoplichthys pardalis - Wikipedia

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    Pterygoplichthys pardalis. Pterygoplichthys pardalis, the Amazon sailfin catfish, is a freshwater tropical fish in the armored catfish family (Loricariidae). It is one of a number of species commonly referred to as the common pleco or "leopard pleco" [citation needed] by aquarists.It can be called 豹紋翼甲鯰 in Mandarin Chinese.

  7. Agamyxis pectinifrons - Wikipedia

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    Agamyxis pectinifrons. Agamyxis pectinifrons, the spotted talking catfish, spotted raphael catfish or whitebarred catfish, is a species of thorny catfish found in the Amazon basin where it has been recorded from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.

  8. Fish scale - Wikipedia

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    Fish scale. A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish. The skin of most jawed fishes is covered with these protective scales, which can also provide effective camouflage through the use of reflection and colouration, as well as possible hydrodynamic advantages. The term scale derives from the Old French escale ...

  9. Callichthyidae - Wikipedia

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    Gastrodermus. Hoplisoma. Osteogaster. Scleromystax. Callichthyidae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), called armored catfishes due to the two rows of bony plates (or scutes) along the lengths of their bodies. It contains some of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish, such as many species in the genus Corydoras.