large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths. catfish a type of fish that has whiskers (=strong hairs) around its mouth and lives in rivers or lakes. Any of about 2,500 species of scale-less, mostly freshwater, fishes (order Siluriformes) related to carp and minnows and named for their whiskerlike barbels (fleshy feelers). All species have at least one pair of barbels on the upper jaw, and some have a pair on the snout and additional pairs on the chin. Many species possess spines that may be associated with venom glands. Found almost worldwide, they are generally bottom-dwelling scavengers that feed on almost any kind of plant or animal matter. Species vary from 1.5 in. to 15 ft (4 cm-4.5 m) long and may weigh up to 660 lbs (300 kg). Many small species are popular aquarium fishes; many large species are used for food
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, have no scales and with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
{i} any of a number of freshwater fish having whiskers around the mouth and no scales
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc
Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes. Has venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) The wels catfish ( or ; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish, is a large catfish found in wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, and near the Baltic and Caspian Seas. It is a scaleless fresh and brackish water fish recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth. Wels catfish can live for at least thirty years and have very good hearing
A large, bluish freshwater catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) of the Mississippi River valley, often weighing more than 45 kilograms (100 pounds). Also called blue cat
A freshwater catfish (Clarius batrachus), native to southeast Asia, that is able to breathe out of water and travel short distances on land. Species (Clarias batrachus) of Asian and African catfish that can progress remarkable distances over dry land. It uses its pectoral-fin spines as anchors to prevent jackknifing as its body musculature produces snakelike movements. Treelike respiratory structures extending above the gill chambers enable it to breathe. It has been introduced into southern Florida, where it now poses a serious threat to native fauna