catfish

     

Akysiae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Anchariidae Andinichthyidae † Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Austroglanididae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Erethistidae Heptapteridae Hypsidoridae † Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyiidae Pangasiidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Pseudopimelodidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae incertae sedis   Conorhynchos   Horabagrus   Phreatobius

Trivia about catfish

  • This barbeled "feline" fish is often pan-fried & served with lemon wedges
  • Wow! The upside-down type of this "feline" fish really does swim upside-down
  • Farming of the channel species of this fish is a rapidly growing business in the southern U.S.
  • The Walking, Electric & Pencil species of this fish have "whiskers"
  • Varying eye locations identify the blue, flathead & channel types of this bottom feeder
  • Baseball's Mr. Hunter might've appreciated this bottom feeder, seen here
  • In the 1960s this "walking" fish was introduced into southern Florida, where a large population has been established
  • The "walking" type of this fish, the Clarias batrachus, can travel across dry land in search of water
  • The bullhead, a type of this fish, has hornlike barbels near its mouth that look like whiskers
  • You can find "blind" these in the waters of caves in Kentucky & an "electric" kind in the Nile
  • A bullhead type of this, genus Ameiurus
  • Nickname shared by football's Vernon Smith & baseball's James Hunter
  • Clarias Batrachus, the walking type of this fish, can travel overland from pond-to-pond
  • The muddy waters of the lower Mississippi are home to bullhead & other types of these barbeled bottom feeders
  • Nickname of Jim Hunter, a dominating 5-time World Series-winning pitcher
  • Originally from Asia, the "walking" variety of this fish was introduced into Florida in the 1960s
  • Also called noodling, the grabbing or grabbling of these large fish is popular in Mississippi
  • Like Southern cooking, Thai-American cuisine features this be"whiskered" creature, deep-fried