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The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. It has a deep yellowish-grey fur with black lines and spots. Adults have a head-to-body length of 57 to 78 cm (22 to 31 in), with a 20 to 30 cm (7.9 to 11.8 in) long tail. Males are larger than females weighing 8 to 17 kg (18 to 37 lb); females ...
Species: N. flavus. Binomial name. Noturus flavus. Rafinesque, 1818. Noturus flavus, the stonecat, is a North American freshwater catfish of the family Ictaluridae. The common name is due to its habit of hiding near or under stones in fast-moving water. [2]
The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), known informally as the "channel cat", is North America's most abundant catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee. It is the most fished species of catfish in the United States, with around 8 million anglers targeting them per year.
Cats have been shared via email since the Internet's rise to prominence in the 1990s. [7] The first cat video on YouTube was uploaded in 2005 by YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, who posted a video of his cat called "Pajamas and Nick Drake". [7] The following year, "Puppy vs Cat" became the first viral cat video; uploaded by a user called Sanchey ...
The flathead catfish grows to a length of 155 cm (61 in) [8] and may weigh up to 55.79 kg (123.0 lb), [9] making it the second-largest North American catfish (after the blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus). [9] More commonly, adult length is about 15–45 inches (38–114 cm). [6] Its maximum recorded lifespan is 28 years. [10]
Distribution and ecology. The wels catfish lives in large, warm lakes and deep, slow-flowing rivers. It prefers to remain in sheltered locations such as holes in the riverbed, sunken trees, etc. It consumes its food in the open water or in the deep, where it can be recognized by its large mouth. Wels catfish are kept in fish ponds as food fish.
Hypostomus plecostomus, also known as the suckermouth catfish or common pleco, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the armored catfish family (Loricariidae), named for the longitudinal rows of armor -like scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and abdomen is naked soft skin).
The northern wolffish is a robust, elongate fish with a large head, sharp snout and small eyes. The teeth are distinctive and prominent with large canine-like teeth to the front of the jaws and molar-like teeth at the back of the jaws. It does not have any pelvic fins. The overall colour of the body is greyish to dark brown with a pale purplish ...