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Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a very diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the 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. There are armour-plated types and also naked types, neither having scales. Despite their common name, not all catfish have prominent barbels; what defines a fish as being in the order Siluriformes are in fact certain features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. Many

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  • Siluriformes
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  • Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a very diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the 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. There are armour-plated types and also naked types, neither having scales. Despite their common name, not all catfish have prominent barbels; what defines a fish as being in the order Siluriformes are in fact certain features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. Many
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subdivision ranks
  • Families
Name
  • Catfish
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ordo
  • Siluriformes
fossil range
  • Late Cretaceous - Present
Image caption
  • Eel-tail catfish
superordo
subdivision
  • dbkwik:resource/kvfgCpJpRkPGoCwIfSx7gw==
  • incertae sedis
  • Amblycipitidae
  • Amphiliidae
  • Anchariidae
  • Andinichthyidae †
  • Ariidae
  • Aspredinidae
  • Astroblepidae
  • Auchenipteridae
  • Austroglanididae
  • Bagridae
  • Callichthyidae
  • Cetopsidae
  • Chacidae
  • Clariidae
  • Claroteidae
  • Conorhynchos
  • Cranoglanididae
  • Diplomystidae
  • Doradidae
  • Erethistidae
  • Heptapteridae
  • Horabagrus
  • Hypsidoridae †
  • Ictaluridae
  • Lacantuniidae
  • Loricariidae
  • Malapteruridae
  • Mochokidae
  • Nematogenyiidae
  • Pangasiidae
  • Phreatobius
  • Pimelodidae
  • Plotosidae
  • Pseudopimelodidae
  • Schilbeidae
  • Scoloplacidae
  • Siluridae
  • Sisoridae
  • Trichomycteridae
Image width
  • 240(xsd:integer)
classis
Phylum
regnum
  • Animalia
abstract
  • Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a very diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the 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. There are armour-plated types and also naked types, neither having scales. Despite their common name, not all catfish have prominent barbels; what defines a fish as being in the order Siluriformes are in fact certain features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. Many of the smaller species, particularly the genus Corydoras, are important in the aquarium hobby.
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