Catfish
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Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa. Catfish are nocturnal.
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Amur catfish | Blue catfish | Black bullhead | Brown bullhead |
Channel catfish | Eel-tailed catfish | Flathead catfish | Giant devil catfish |
Giant Lake Biwa catfish | Mekong giant catfish | Reddish bullhead | Redtail catfish |
Rhamdiopsis | Royal plec | Sailfin catfish | Striped eel catfish |
Welsh catfish | White bullhead |