Cat Fish Gallery

PM-10777

PM-10777
Whale Catfish
tropical freshwaters, South America
Cetopsis coecutiens
This species is a shoaling, aggressive carnivore, biting other fish. It also parasitises catfish gills and river dolphins, entering their various orifices. It is not the same as the Candiru catfish that is supposed to do that to humans.
parasite / aquarium fish
Pat Morris

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PM-10404 Redtail Catfish

PM-10404
Redtail Catfish
South America - Amazon and Orinoco Rivers
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Pat Morris
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PM-10413 Channel Catfish - Well oxygenated freshwaters North America

PM-10413
Channel Catfish - Well oxygenated freshwaters North America
Central USA, southern Canada to northern Mexico. Important farmed food fish, smoked, fried etc.
Ictalurus punctatus
Pat Morris
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