SILURIFORMESSILURIFORMES| Argentine 1989 | United States of America 1986 | Cote d'Ivoire 1996 |
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| Velvet Catfish Diplomystes viedmensis (Diplomystidae) |
Brown Bullhead Catfish Ameiurus nebulosus (Ictaluridae) |
Giraffe Nosed Catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Bagridae) |
| Central Africa 1995 | Burkina Faso 2001 | Cambosia 1983 | Somalia 1979 |
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| Aluminum Catfish Chrysichthys sp. (Bagridae) |
Silver Catfish Bagrus docmac (Bagridae) |
Asian Bumblebee Catfish Leiocassis siamensis (Bagridae) |
Somalian Giant Catfish Pardiglanis tarabinii (Bagridae) |
| Poland 1979 | Zambia 1983 | Cote d'Ivoire 1996 |
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| Wels Catfish Silurus glanis (Siluridae) |
Silver Barbel Schilbe mystus (Schibeidae) |
Schilbid Catfish Schilbe mandibularis (Schibeidae) |
| Laos 1967 | Thailand 1968 | Laos 2013 | Republic of Korea 1989 |
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| Mekong Giant Catfish Pangasianodon gigas (Pangasiidae) |
Chao Phraya Catfish Pangasius sanitwongsei (Pangasiidae) |
Giant Devil Catfish Bagarius yarrelli (Sisoridae) |
Southern Reddish Bullhead Liobagrus mediadiposalis (Amblycipitidae) |
| Indonesia 1987 | Nigeria 1991 | Namibia 2003 | Somalia 1979 |
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| Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus (Clariidae) |
African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) |
Broadhead Catfish Clariallabes platyprosopos (Clariidae) |
Cave-dwelling Airbreathing Catfish Uegitglanis zammaranoi (Clariidae) |
| Central Africa 2012 | Somalia 1979 | Mali 1975 | Central Africa 2012 |
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| 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 1995 | Palau 2000 | Democratic Republic of Congo 2002 |
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| Auchenoglanis Sea Catfish Auchenoglanis sp. (Ariidae) |
Gafftopsail Sea Catfish Bagre marinus (Ariidae) |
Sea Catfish Arius felis (Ariidae) |
| Democratic Republic of Congo 2002 | Central Africa 2001 | Zaire 1978 | Peru 2008 |
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| Ripsaw Catfish Oxydoras niger (Doradidae) |
Striped Eel Catfish Plotosus lineatus (Plotosidae) |
Blotched Upsidedown Catfish Synodontis nigriventris (Mochokidae) |
Dolphin Catfish Ageneiosus ucayalensis (Auchenipteridae) |
| Uruguay 2005 | Democratic Republic of Congo 2002 | Uruguay 1968 |
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| South American Catfish Rhamdia sapo (Heptapteridae) |
Bloch's Catfish Pimelodus blochii (Pimelodidae) |
South American Catfish Sorubim lima (Pimelodidae) |
| Peru 2008 | Paraguay 1998 | Democratic Republic of Congo 2002 |
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| Redtail Catfish Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Pimelodidae) |
Spotted Surubi Pintado Catfish Pseudoplatystoma coruscans (Pimelodidae) |
Tiger Shovelnose Catfish Psedoplatystoma fasciatum (Pimelodidae) |
| Cambodia 1992 | Nicaragua 1981 | Suriname 1978 |
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| Spotted Hopplo Megalechis thoracata (Callichthyidae) |
Skunk Corydoras Corydoras arcuatus (Callichthyidae) |
Corydoras Wotroi Corydoras wotroi (Callichthyidae) |
| Brazil 1988 | Brazil 1988 |
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| Emerald Catfish Brochis splendens (Callichthyidae) |
Starlight Bristlenose Pleco Ancistrus hoplogenys (Loricariidae) |
| Poland 1995 | Japan 2012 |
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| Wels Catfish Silurus glanis (Siluridae) (SILURIFORMES) |
Biwa Catfish Silurus biwaensis (Siluridae) (SILURIFORMES) |
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| Biwa Catfish Silurus biwaensis (Siluridae) (SILURIFORMES) |
Reddish Bullhead Liobagrus reini (Amblycipitidae) (SILURIFORMES) |
Weizmani Corydoras Corydoras weizmani (Callichthyidae) (SILURIFORMES) |
Trilineatus Corydoras Corydoras trilineatus (Callichthyidae) (SILURIFORMES) |
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| 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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