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In the Gospel of Luke (Luke 5:1–11), [2] the first miraculous catch of fish takes place early in the ministry of Jesus and results in Peter as well as James and John, the sons of Zebedee, joining Jesus vocationally as disciples.
Peter's vision of a sheet with animals, the vision painted by Domenico Fetti (1619) Illustration from Treasures of the Bible by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1894. According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being ...
R. rita is a sluggish, bottom-dwelling catfish. [2] It inhabits rivers and estuaries, preferring muddy to clear water. It also prefers backwater of quiet eddies. R. rita is an omnivorous catfish; the bulk of its diet consists of mollusks. In addition, it feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, insects, as well as on decaying organic matter. [2]
The first Thumb Bible in prose was published in London in 1727, under the title Biblia or a Practical Summary of ye Old & New Testaments. This contained 300 pages and measured 3.6 by 2.4 cm (1.4 by 0.9 in). In 1780 Elizabeth Newbery who specialised in books for children printed a thumb bible. The bible had 256 pages that abridged both the old ...
Clarias catfish and primarily Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) have been introduced to many different areas of the world, where they are causing problems for the native wildlife. The effect of introduction of these fish varies from area to area, but as they are predatory, they often affect the local wildlife by eating other fish, birds, and ...
Leiarius marmoratus, commonly as Sailfin Pim or Achara catfish, [1] is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco river basins. [ 2 ] Description
Reports have been made of goonch catfish eating humans in the Kali River in India. [78] Additionally there have been reports of Wels catfish killing and eating humans in Europe. [ 79 ] Large predatory catfish such as the redtail catfish and piraíba are thought to have contributed to the loss of life when the Sobral Santos II ferry sank in the ...
[6] [7] [better source needed] Only the river dolphins has been recounted to prey on the piraíba, but even then, they may fail at killing and consuming much of the catfish; the doomed piraíba is then left crippled and at the mercy of the currents and riverine scavengers, such as the two genera of catfish referred to as candiru, and the aptly ...