“black bullhead”
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“NATIONAL CATFISH DAY”
(JUNE 25)
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*POTENTIAL ORDERS* –>
(make up your mind!)
“SILURIFORMES”
OR
“NEMATOGNATHI”
OR…?
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“catfishes?”
“catfishiye?
(or is it always presented as ‘singular’?)
“you decide”
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(“catfish” (or catfare a diverse group of ‘ray-finned fish’*
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(named for their prominent ‘barbels’, which resemble a cat’s whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia and the Piraíba of South America, 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 there are also naked types, neither having scales)
(despite their name, not all catfish have prominent barbel)
(members of the Siluriformes order are defined by 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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(many catfish are ‘nocturnal’…)
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(…but others (many auchenipteridae) are crepuscular / diurnal)
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*examples…*
*(most) loricariidae*
callichthyidae
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥