SILURIFORMES

Argentine 1989United States of America 1986Cote d'Ivoire 1996
Velvet Catfish
Diplomystes viedmensis
(Diplomystidae)
Brown Bullhead Catfish
Ameiurus nebulosus
(Ictaluridae)
Giraffe Nosed Catfish
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
(Bagridae)
Ghana 1991Burkina Faso 2001Bangladesh 2008Somalia 1979
Black Nile Catfish
Bagrus bayad
(Bagridae)
Silver Catfish
Bagrus docmac
(Bagridae)
Striped Dwarf Catfish
Mystus vittatus
(Bagridae)
Somalian Giant Catfish
Pardiglanis tarabinii
(Bagridae)
Bangladesh 2004Central Africa 1995Syria 2006Democratic Cambodia 1983
Long-whiskered Catfish
Sperata aor
(Bagridae)
Aluminum Catfish
Chrysichthys sp.
(Bagridae)
Striped Catfish
Rita sp.
(Bagridae)
Asian Bumblebee Catfish
Leiocassis siamensis
(Bagridae)
Poland 1979Mongol 1965Cambodia 2005Pakistan 1975
Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
(Siluridae)
Amur Catfish
Silurus asotus
(Siluridae)
Malayan Catfish
Wallago leeri
(Siluridae)
Freshwater Catfish
Wallago attu
(Siluridae)
Thailand 1978Bangladesh 2002Zambia 1983Cote d'Ivoire 1996
Common Sea Fish
Kryptopterus apogon
(Siluridae)
Pabdah Catfish
Ompok pabda
(Siluridae)
Silver Barbel
Schilbe mystus
(Schibeidae)
Schilbid Catfish
Schilbe mandibularis
(Schibeidae)
Laos 1967Thailand 1968Malaysia 2006
Mekong Giant Catfish
Pangasianodon gigas
(Pangasiidae)
Chao Phraya Catfish
Pangasius sanitwongsei
(Pangasiidae)
Silver Pangasius Catfish
Pangasius sp.
(Pangasiidae)
Burundi 2009Kyrgyz 1994Laos 2013Republic of Korea 1989
Jackson Amphilius
Amphilius jacksonii
(Amphiliidae)
Glyptosternon
Glyptosternon reticulatum
(Sisoridae)
Giant Devil Catfish
Bagarius yarrelli
(Sisoridae)
Southern Reddish Bullhead
Liobagrus mediadiposalis
(Amblycipitidae)
Indonesia 1987Nigeria 1991Namibia 2003Somalia 1979
Walking Catfish
Clarias batrachus
(Clariidae)
African Catfish
Clarias gariepinus
(Clariidae)
Broadhead Catfish
Clariallabes platyprosopos
(Clariidae)
Cave-dwelling Airbreathing Catfish
Uegitglanis zammaranoi
(Clariidae)
Central Africa 2012Somalia 1979Mali 1975Central Africa 2012
African Airbreathing Catfish
Heterobranchus longifilis
(Clariidae)
African Giant Catfish
Heterobranchus bidorsalis
(Clariidae)
Electric Catfish
Malapterurus electricus
(Malapteruridae)
Smallmouth Electric Catfish
Malapterurus microstoma
(Malapteruridae)
Central Africa 1995Palau 2000Democratic Republic of Congo 2002
Auchenoglanis Sea Catfish
Auchenoglanis sp.
(Ariidae)
Gafftopsail Sea Catfish
Bagre marinus
(Ariidae)
Sea Catfish
Arius felis
(Ariidae)
Democratic Republic of Congo 2002Central Africa 2001Zaire 1978Peru 2008
Ripsaw Catfish
Oxydoras niger
(Doradidae)
Striped Eel Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
(Plotosidae)
Blotched Upsidedown Catfish
Synodontis nigriventris
(Mochokidae)
Dolphin Catfish
Ageneiosus ucayalensis
(Auchenipteridae)
Uruguay 2005El Salvador 1985Democratic Republic of Congo 2002Uruguay 1968
South American Catfish
Rhamdia sapo
(Heptapteridae)
Guatemalan Chuln
Rhamdia guatemalensis
(Heptapteridae)
Bloch's Catfish
Pimelodus blochii
(Pimelodidae)
South American Catfish
Sorubim lima
(Pimelodidae)
Peru 2008Paraguay 1998Democratic Republic of Congo 2002Grenada Grenadines 1998
Redtail Catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
(Pimelodidae)
Spotted Surubi Pintado Catfish
Pseudoplatystoma coruscans
(Pimelodidae)
Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Psedoplatystoma fasciatum
(Pimelodidae)
Giant Jelly Catfish
Paulicea luetkeni
(Pimelodidae)
Cambodia 1992Brazil 1988Guinea 1997
Spotted Hopplo
Megalechis thoracata
(Callichthyidae)
Emerald Catfish
Brochis splendens
(Callichthyidae)
Giant Brochis
Brochis britskii
(Callichthyidae)
Guyana 1968Nicaragua 1981Argentina 1987Suriname 1978
Hassar Catfish
Callichthys littoralis
(Callichthyidae)
Skunk Corydoras
Corydoras arcuatus
(Callichthyidae)
Bronze Corydoras
Corydoras aeneus
(Callichthyidae)
Corydoras Wotroi
Corydoras wotroi
(Callichthyidae)
Poland 1994Brazil 1988Guyana 1980
Starlight Bristlenose Catfish
Ancistrus dolichopterus
(Loricariidae)
Starlight Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus hoplogenys
(Loricariidae)
Suckermouth Catfish
Loricaria cataphracta
(Loricariidae)


Poland 1995Poland 2009Japan 2012Russia 2014
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Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Biwa Catfish
Silurus biwaensis
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Soldatov's Catfish
Silurus soldatovi
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)

Biwa Catfish
Silurus biwaensis
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Rock Catfish
Silurus lithophilus
(Siluridae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Reddish Bullhead
Liobagrus reini
(Amblycipitidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Concolor Corydoras
Corydoras concolor
(Callichthyidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Adolfoi Corydoras
Corydoras adolfoi
(Callichthyidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
South American Catfish
Corydoras corydoras
(Callichthyidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Weizmani Corydoras
Corydoras weizmani
(Callichthyidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Trilineatus Corydoras
Corydoras trilineatus
(Callichthyidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Mekong Giant Catfish
Pangasianodon gigas
(Pangasiidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Royal Pleco
Panaque nigrolineatus
(Loricariidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Zebra Pleco
Hypancistrus zebra
(Loricariidae)
(SILURIFORMES)
Spotted Loricaria
Liposarcus disjunctives
(Loricariidae)
(SILURIFORMES)


For the characteristic of the Catfish, big mouth for a mustache, a slimy body a big brain etc. are nominated. Siluriformes holds 2,000 kinds of 10% of a fish (about 20,000 kinds) doing actual fish appear in the whole world. To Siluriformes, there is the size of the body to Wels Catfish of Siluridae that is to 200kg in weight and 4meters in length, Mekong Giant Catfish of Pangasiidae inhabiting only the Mekong River that is to 300kg in weight and 3meters in length, from the small fish which does not reach full length 5cm like a fish of the Mochokidae Corydoras genus of the South America product. In addition, Gafftopsail Sea Catfish called Ariidae Bagre of the South America Amazon is big and reaches 2.5meters in length.
As for Siluriformes, it seems to have been it in a big mouth to a big head so that it was nocturnal, and a lot of things of the flesh-eating did bait for the habits to drink a circle. The stomach is big, too. The catfish of the fish eating habit eats a thing of the size that a tongue contains in anything. As for a diameter of 2cm, a male lets hatch in mouths with a certain big egg to a catfish of Ariidae. The catfish of the South America product shows a sponge-shaped projection on the female abdomen and lets a fertilized egg stick to there.
It have a Weber organ doing a duty to convey vibration of floating bag to the inner ear morphologically. There is a thing covered by a small projection and the tabula of the form of tile of the bone room that a body does not have a scale, and it is covered by flat skin. There are the odd people such as Mochokidae of the African product to swim with a stomach as the top or an African electric catfish generating electricity.

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