Catfish, the Glossary
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.[1]
Table of Contents
287 relations: Abdomen, Actinopterygii, Afrocascudo, Agonistic behaviour, Ailia, Ailiidae, Airbreathing catfish, Alabama, Amaterasu, Amblycipitidae, Americas, Anatomical terms of location, Anatomical terms of motion, Anchariidae, Andinichthyidae, Antarctica, Aquaculture of catfish, Aquarium, Ariidae, Aristotle's catfish, Arius (fish), Arkansas, Aspredinidae, Assam, Astroblepus, Austroglanis, Bachmannia chubutensis, Bagarius yarrelli, Bagridae, Bangladesh, Barbel (anatomy), Basa (fish), Basal (phylogenetics), Belzoni, Mississippi, Bird's eye chili, Black bullhead, Blue catfish, Bottom feeder, Brachyplatystoma, Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, Brackish water, Buoyancy, Calendar of saints, Callichthyidae, Campanian, Candiru (fish), Carl Linnaeus, Carp, Cat, Cenomanian, ... Expand index (237 more) »
- Edible fish
- Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Ostariophysi
- Siluriformes
Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
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Afrocascudo
Afrocascudo is a controversial genus of extinct neopterygian fish, either an ancient loricariid catfish or a juvenile obaichthyid lepisosteiform of the genus Obaichthys.
Agonistic behaviour
Agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting.
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Ailia
Ailia is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.
Ailiidae
Ailiidae is a family of catfishes native to Asia. Catfish and Ailiidae are Siluriformes.
Airbreathing catfish
Airbreathing catfish comprise the family Clariidae of the order Siluriformes.
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Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.
Amblycipitidae
The Amblycipitidae are a family of catfishes, commonly known as torrent catfishes. Catfish and Amblycipitidae are Siluriformes.
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Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Anatomical terms of motion
Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms.
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Anchariidae
The Anchariidae are a family of catfishes containing two genera, Ancharius and Gogo with 6 species. Catfish and Anchariidae are Siluriformes.
Andinichthyidae
Andinichthyidae is a prehistoric family of basal catfishes from the Cretaceous to Eocene of South America.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
Aquaculture of catfish
Catfish are easy to farm in warm climates, leading to inexpensive and safe food at local grocers. Catfish and Aquaculture of catfish are Siluriformes.
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Aquarium
An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
Ariidae
The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. Catfish and Ariidae are Siluriformes.
Aristotle's catfish
Aristotle's catfish (Silurus aristotelis) is a species of fish in the family Siluridae.
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Arius (fish)
Arius is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae.
Arkansas
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.
Aspredinidae
The Aspredinidae are a small South American family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) also known as the banjo catfishes, with about 43 species. Catfish and Aspredinidae are Siluriformes.
Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
Astroblepus
Astroblepus is a genus of fish in the family Astroblepidae found in South America and Panama.
Austroglanis
Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae.
Bachmannia chubutensis
Bachmannia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the order of the catfishes (Siluriformes), containing a single species, B. chubutensis (syn.: Arius argentinus Dolgopol, 1941). Catfish and Bachmannia chubutensis are Siluriformes.
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Bagarius yarrelli
the Goonch Catfish, also known as the giant devil catfish or Bagarius yarrelli, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in the Indian subcontinent.
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Bagridae
The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa (Bagrus) and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo. Catfish and Bagridae are Siluriformes.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Barbel (anatomy)
In fish anatomy and turtle anatomy, a barbel is a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ near the mouth.
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Basa (fish)
Basa (Pangasius bocourti) is a species of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Catfish and Basa (fish) are Commercial fish.
Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Belzoni, Mississippi
Belzoni is a city in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region, on the Yazoo River.
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Bird's eye chili
Bird's eye chili or Thai chili (พริกขี้หนู|lit.
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Black bullhead
The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish (Ameiurus melas) is a species of bullhead catfish.
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Blue catfish
The blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is a large species of North American catfish, reaching a length of and a weight of.
Bottom feeder
A bottom feeder is an aquatic animal that feeds on or near the bottom of a body of water.
Brachyplatystoma
Brachyplatystoma is a genus of catfish from the family Pimelodidae.
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Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, commonly called piraíba, kumakuma, valentón or lau lau, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae and genus Brachyplatystoma that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins and rivers in Guianas and northeastern Brazil.
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Brackish water
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.
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Buoyancy
Buoyancy, or upthrust, is a gravitational force, a net upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object.
Calendar of saints
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
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Callichthyidae
Callichthyidae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), called armored catfishes due to the two rows of bony plates (or scutes) along the lengths of their bodies. Catfish and Callichthyidae are Siluriformes.
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Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
Candiru (fish)
Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon basin where it is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carp
The term carp (carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. Catfish and carp are Commercial fish.
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Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
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Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series.
Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Cetopsidae
The Cetopsidae are a small family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), commonly called the whale catfishes. Catfish and Cetopsidae are Siluriformes.
Chaca (fish)
Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae.
Channel catfish
The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most numerous catfish species.
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Chapman & Hall
Chapman & Hall is an imprint owned by CRC Press, originally founded as a British publishing house in London in the first half of the 19th century by Edward Chapman and William Hall.
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Characiformes
Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Catfish and Characiformes are Ostariophysi.
Chemoreceptor
A chemoreceptor, also known as chemosensor, is a specialized sensory receptor which transduces a chemical substance (endogenous or induced) to generate a biological signal.
Chiapas
Chiapas (Tzotzil and Tzeltal: Chyapas), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas (Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
Chiapas catfish
The Chiapas catfish, Lacantunia enigmatica, is an unusual species of catfish (order Siluriformes) from the Usumacinta River basin in the Mexican state of Chiapas and in Guatemala.
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Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
Cladistics
Cladistics is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry.
Claroteidae
The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (order Siluriformes) found in Africa. Catfish and Claroteidae are Siluriformes.
Coconut rice
Coconut rice is a dish prepared by cooking white rice in coconut milk or coconut flakes.
Coelacanth
Coelacanths (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia.
Coelom
The coelom (or celom) is the main body cavity in many animals and is positioned inside the body to surround and contain the digestive tract and other organs.
Committee on Toxicity
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is a UK independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government departments and agencies on matters concerning the toxicity of chemicals.
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Cone cell
Cone cells or cones are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrates' eyes.
Coniacian
The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale.
Conorhynchos
Conorhynchos conirostris is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes).
Cooked rice
Cooked rice refers to rice that has been cooked either by steaming or boiling.
Cornmeal
Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize).
Corydoras
Corydoras is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Callichthyidae and subfamily Corydoradinae.
Cranoglanis
Cranoglanis is the only genus of armorhead catfishes.
Crepuscular animal
In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both.
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Cutaneous respiration
Cutaneous respiration, or cutaneous gas exchange (sometimes called, skin breathing), is a form of respiration in which gas exchange occurs across the skin or outer integument of an organism rather than gills or lungs.
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Cymbopogon
Cymbopogon, also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, oily heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid (carps and their kin) fish, such as barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, and minnows (among others). Catfish and Cypriniformes are Ostariophysi.
Delicacy
A delicacy is a rare food item that is considered highly desirable, sophisticated, or peculiarly distinctive within a given culture or region.
Dermis
The dermis or corium is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the cutis) and subcutaneous tissues, that primarily consists of dense irregular connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain.
Detritivore
Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).
Diplomystidae
Diplomystidae, the velvet catfishes, are a family of primitive catfishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile in southern South America. Catfish and Diplomystidae are Siluriformes.
Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.
Doradidae
The Doradidae are a family of catfishes also known as thorny catfishes, raphael catfishes or talking catfishes.
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom.
Double cone (biology)
Double cones (DCs), known as twin cones when the two members are the same, are two cone cells (colour detecting photoreceptors) joined together that may also be coupled optically/electrically.
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Driftwood catfish
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae.
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Earthquake
An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Ebro
The Ebro (Spanish and Basque; Ebre) is a river of the north and northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain.
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Eeltail catfish
The eeltail catfish are a family (Plotosidae) of catfish whose tails are elongated in an eel-like fashion.
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Electric catfish
Electric catfish or Malapteruridae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes).
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Electric fish
An electric fish is any fish that can generate electric fields.
Elk City Lake
The Elk City Reservoir is a reservoir located east of Elk City, Kansas.
Epidermis
The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Fauna
Fauna (faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time.
Feral
A feral animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.
Fish fin
Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim.
Fish soup
Fish soup is a food made by combining fish or seafood with vegetables and stock, juice, water, or another liquid.
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).
Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond.
Flathead catfish
The flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
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Fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
Garlic
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".
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Ginger
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.
Gland
A gland is a cell or an organ in an animal's body that produces and secretes different substances either into the bloodstream or into a body cavity or outer surface that the organism needs.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.
Gonorynchiformes
The Gonorynchiformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the important food source, the milkfish (Chanos chanos, family Chanidae), and a number of lesser-known types, both marine and freshwater. Catfish and Gonorynchiformes are Ostariophysi.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Gymnotiformes
The Gymnotiformes are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish. Catfish and Gymnotiformes are Ostariophysi.
Hearing
Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by detecting vibrations as periodic changes in the pressure of a surrounding medium.
Heptapteridae
The Heptapteridae, or three-barbeled catfishes, are a family of catfish that originate from the Americas. Catfish and Heptapteridae are Siluriformes.
Heteropneustes
Heteropneustes is a genus of catfishes, the airsac catfishes, native to Asia.
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Holostei
Holostei is a group of ray-finned bony fish.
Horabagridae
Horabagridae is a proposed family of catfishes containing three genera, Horabagrus, Platytropius and Pseudeutropius. Catfish and Horabagridae are Siluriformes.
Horabagrus
Horabagrus is a genus of catfish in the family Horabagridae endemic to rivers in the Western Ghats in Kerala and Karnataka, India.
Hungarian cuisine
Hungarian or Magyar cuisine (Hungarian: Magyar konyha) is the cuisine characteristic of the nation of Hungary, and its primary ethnic group, the Magyars.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water.
Hypogeal
Hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeic and hypogeous are biological terms describing an organism's activity below the soil surface.
Hypsidoris
Hypsidoris (from ῠ̔́ψος, 'height' and δῶρις 'dagger') is an extinct genus of catfish, classified within its own family Hypsidoridae, from the Eocene epoch of North America.
Ichthyology & Herpetology
Ichthyology & Herpetology (formerly Copeia) is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was originally named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields.
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Ictaluridae
The Ictaluridae, sometimes called ictalurids, are a family of catfish native to North America, where they are an important food source and sometimes fished for sport. Catfish and Ictaluridae are Siluriformes.
Ictalurus
Ictalurus is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes.
Incertae sedis
of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
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Incisor
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.
Independence, Kansas
Independence is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.
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International Game Fish Association
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current world record fishing catches by fish categories.
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Iridescent shark
The iridescent shark, or iridescent shark catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) is a species of shark catfish (family Pangasiidae) native to the rivers of Southeast Asia. Catfish and iridescent shark are Commercial fish.
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Jeremy Wade
Jeremy John Wade (born 23 March 1956) is a British television presenter, an author of books on angling, and a biologist.
Kali River goonch attacks
The Kali River goonch attacks were a series of fatal attacks on humans believed to be perpetrated by a goonch weighing in three villages on the banks of the Kali River in India and Nepal, between 1998 and 2007.
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Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion.
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Kashrut
(also or, כַּשְׁרוּת) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law.
Kem Kem Group
The Kem Kem Group (commonly known as the Kem Kem beds) is a geological group in the Kem Kem region of eastern Morocco, whose strata date back to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.
Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
Kryptoglanis shajii
Kryptoglanis shajii is a species of subterranean catfish found in subsurface waters in the Western Ghats in Kerala, India.
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Kyoto
Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
Lacantún River
The Lacantún River is a river in Chiapas state of southern Mexico.
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Laides
Laides is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.
Lamina (algae)
The lamina or blade in macroscopic algae like seaweed is a generally flattened structure that typically forms the principal bulk of the thallus.
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Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.
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Lateral line
The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.
Lepisosteiformes
Lepisosteiformes is an order of ray-finned fish and the only living members of the clade Ginglymodi.
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Lineage (evolution)
An evolutionary lineage is a temporal series of populations, organisms, cells, or genes connected by a continuous line of descent from ancestor to descendant.
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List of troglobites
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.
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Lithodoras
Lithodoras dorsalis, the rock-bacu, is the only species in the genus Lithodoras of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.
Loach catfish
The loach catfishes are a family, Amphiliidae, of catfishes (order Siluriformes).
Long branch attraction
In phylogenetics, long branch attraction (LBA) is a form of systematic error whereby distantly related lineages are incorrectly inferred to be closely related.
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Lophiosilurus alexandri
Lophiosilurus alexandri is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae, and the only species of the monotypic genus Lophiosilurus.
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Loricaria lentiginosa
Loricaria lentiginosa is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.
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Loricariidae
Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish (order Siluriformes), with over 90 genera and just over 680 species. Catfish and Loricariidae are Siluriformes.
Loricarioidea
Loricarioidea is a superfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes). Catfish and Loricarioidea are Siluriformes.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Malayalam
Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Megamouth shark
The megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) is a species of deepwater shark.
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Mekong giant catfish
The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas; ปลาบึก,,; ត្រីរាជ /trəy riec/; cá tra dầu), is a large, threatened species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae), native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia and adjacent China.
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Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Missouri River
The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.
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Mochokidae
The Mochokidae are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) that are known as the squeakers or known as upside-down catfish (although not all species swim upside-down). Catfish and Mochokidae are Siluriformes.
Mohinga
Mohinga (also spelt mont hin gar) is the national dish of Myanmar.
Molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.
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Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Mortar and pestle
A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy.
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Mucus
Mucus is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes.
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
Myth
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.
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Namazu
In Japanese mythology, the or is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes.
Nasi uduk
Nasi uduk (nasi uduk) is an Indonesian-style steamed rice cooked in coconut milk dish, especially popular in Betawi cuisine.
Nematogenys inermis
Nematogenys inermis is a species of mountain catfish, the only extant species in the family Nematogenyiidae.
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Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
New Guinea
New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.
Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
Nocturnality
Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.
Obaichthyidae
Obaichthyidae is an extinct family of ginglymodian ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Africa and South America during the Cretaceous period (Aptian–Cenomanian ages).
Odisha
Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.
Omega-3 fatty acid
Omega−3 fatty acids, also called Omega−3 oils, ω−3 fatty acids, Ω-3 Fatty acids or n−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) characterized by the presence of a double bond three atoms away from the terminal methyl group in their chemical structure.
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Omega-6 fatty acid
Omega-6 fatty acids (also referred to as ω-6 fatty acids or n-6 fatty acids) are a family of polyunsaturated fatty acids that have in common a final carbon-carbon double bond in the ''n''-6 position, that is, the sixth bond, counting from the methyl end.
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Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Ostariophysi
Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish.
Otsu-e
Ōtsu-e (大津絵, "pictures from Ōtsu") was a folk art that began in 17th century Japan and depended on the busy road traffic of the trade route through the district where it was produced in Ōtsu, near Kyoto.
Oviduct
The oviduct in vertebrates is the passageway from an ovary.
Pangasius
Pangasius is a genus of medium-large to very large shark catfishes native to fresh water in South and Southeast Asia.
Paprika
Paprika (US,; UK) is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers.
Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
Pasta
Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking.
Penis
A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.
Photon
A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.
Phreatic
Phreatic is a term used in hydrology to refer to aquifers, in speleology to refer to cave passages, and in volcanology to refer to a type of volcanic eruption.
Phreatobius
Phreatobius is a genus of very small catfishes (order Siluriformes) from tropical South America.
Phreatobius cisternarum
Phreatobius cisternarum is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.
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Pimelodidae
The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). Catfish and Pimelodidae are Siluriformes.
Platytropius
Platytropius is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Asia.
Plotosus
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.
Plotosus lineatus
Plotosus lineatus, commonly known as the striped eel catfish, is a species of eeltail catfishes belonging to the family Plotosidae.
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Process (anatomy)
In anatomy, a process (processus) is a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Pseudeutropius
Pseudeutropius is a genus of catfishes conventionally placed in the family Schilbeidae but recent work has suggested it be placed in the newer family Horabagridae, the genus is native to Asia.
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Pseudopimelodidae
The Pseudopimelodidae are a small family (about 40 species) of catfishes known as the bumblebee catfishes or dwarf marbled catfishes. Catfish and Pseudopimelodidae are Siluriformes.
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Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, the spotted sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the São Francisco and Paraná—Paraguay River basins in South America.
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Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum or barred sorubim or barred catfish is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo.
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Pterygoplichthys
Pterygoplichthys, sometimes collectively known as janitor fish, is a genus of South American armored catfishes.
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Quark (dairy product)
Quark or quarg is a type of fresh dairy product made from milk.
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Relish
A relish (a pickle based ketchup condiment) is a cooked and pickled culinary dish made of chopped vegetables, fruits or herbs and is a food item typically used as a condiment to enhance a staple.
Retina
The retina (or retinas) is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs.
Rita (fish)
Rita is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae found in South Asia.
Rod cell
Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Rui Diogo
Rui Diogo is a Portuguese American biologist, researcher, speaker, and writer at Howard University with several published scientific books, whose research (including those of his lab) covers social issues such as racism, sexism, etc., using scientific data from many different fields of science (interdisciplinarity).
Sambal
Sambal is an Indonesian and Malaysian chili sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice.
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage.
Scale (zoology)
In zoology, a scale (lepís; squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.
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Schilbeidae
Schilbeidae is a family of catfishes native to Africa and Asia. Catfish and Schilbeidae are Siluriformes.
Scoloplax
Scoloplax is the only genus in the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Scoloplacidae, the spiny dwarf catfishes.
Scute
A scute or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds.
Seminal vesicles
The seminal vesicles (also called vesicular glands or seminal glands) are a pair of convoluted tubular accessory glands that lie behind the urinary bladder of male mammals.
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Sertoli cell
Sertoli cells are a type of sustentacular "nurse" cell found in human testes which contribute to the process of spermatogenesis (the production of sperm) as a structural component of the seminiferous tubules.
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Sharda River
The Sharda River is the downstream of Kali River (or Mahakali River) that originates in the northern Uttarakhand state of India in the Great Himalayas on the eastern slopes of Nanda Devi massif, at an elevation of in the Pithoragarh district.
Shark catfish
The shark catfishes form the family Pangasiidae.
Shinto
Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.
Shoulder girdle
The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side.
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Siluridae
Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. Catfish and Siluridae are Siluriformes and taxa named by Georges Cuvier.
Sisor
Sisor is a genus of catfishes native to Asia.
Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes. Catfish and Sisoridae are Siluriformes.
Sisoroidea
Sisoroidea is a superfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes). Catfish and Sisoroidea are Siluriformes.
Sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Skin
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
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Skull
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Southern United States
The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.
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Spermatozoon
A spermatozoon (also spelled spermatozoön;: spermatozoa) is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete.
Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
Stew
A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy.
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Stream catfish
The stream catfishes comprise the family Akysidae of catfishes.
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Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts.
Suckermouth
In fish, a suckermouth is a ventrally-oriented (inferior) mouth adapted for grazing on algae and small organisms that grow on submerged objects.
Suction
Suction is the day-to-day term for forces experienced by objects that are exposed to the movement of gases or liquids moving along a pressure gradient.
Swim bladder
The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to expend energy in swimming.
Tamarind
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalized in Asia.
Tapetum lucidum
The paren;;: tapeta lucida) is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates and some other animals. Lying immediately behind the retina, it is a retroreflector. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors (although slightly blurring the image).
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Taste
The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor).
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
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Túrós csusza
Túrós csusza is a traditional Hungarian savoury curd cheese noodle dish made with small home-made noodles or pasta.
Teleost
Teleostei (Greek teleios "complete" + osteon "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts, is, by far, the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, and contains 96% of all extant species of fish.
Testicle
A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project is an Internet project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth.
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Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes commonly known as pencil catfishes or parasitic catfishes. Catfish and Trichomycteridae are Siluriformes.
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Tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.
United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large, commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large and abbreviated Stat., are an official record of Acts of Congress and concurrent resolutions passed by the United States Congress.
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Vas deferens
The vas deferens (vasa deferentia), with the more modern name ductus deferens (ductūs deferentes), is part of the male reproductive system of many vertebrates.
Venom
Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action.
Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and for many other biological effects.
Walking catfish
The walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish native to Southeast Asia.
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Warung
A warung (old spelling: waroeng or warong) is a type of small family-owned business — small retail, eatery, or café — in Indonesia.
Water buffalo
The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Weberian apparatus
The Weberian apparatus is an anatomical structure that connects the swim bladder to the auditory system in fishes belonging to the superorder Ostariophysi.
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Wels catfish
The wels catfish (or; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas.
West Africa
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.
West Bengal
West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India.
Whiskers
Whiskers or vibrissae (vibrissa) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment.
Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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Zootaxa
Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists.
1855 Edo earthquake
The, was the third Ansei Great Earthquake, which occurred during the late-Edo period.
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See also
Edible fish
- Amur grayling
- Aquaculture
- Ayu sweetfish
- Boneless Fish
- Catfish
- Fish farming
- Fish head
- Fish preservation
- Fish products
- Konosirus
- List of halal and kosher fish
- Oily fish
- Pacific rainbow smelt
- Panfish
- Rough fish
- Sea trout
- Smelt (fish)
- Whitebait
Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Abalone
- Arowana
- Asparagales
- Bird
- Catenicellidae
- Catfish
- Cercidiphyllum
- Charonia
- Cribrilinidae
- Dermatemydidae
- Dorippoidea
- Echinoida
- Gibbula
- Haliotis
- Hornwort
- Iguanidae
- Isurus
- Lamnidae
- Metanephrops
- Newt
- Notacanthiformes
- Perciformes
- Phasmatodea
- Pomacanthus
- Potamonautes
- Salmonidae
- Sand shark
- Sicyonia
- Skate (fish)
- Squalidae
- Taxodium
- Temnopleuridea
- Volutomitra
Ostariophysi
- Catfish
- Characiformes
- Clupavus
- Cypriniformes
- Gonorynchiformes
- Gymnotiformes
- Ostariophysi
- Siluriformes
Siluriformes
- Ailiidae
- Akysidae
- Amblycipitidae
- Amphiliidae
- Anchariidae
- Aquaculture of catfish
- Ariidae
- Armored catfish
- Aspredinidae
- Astroblepidae
- Auchenipteridae
- Austroglanididae
- Bachmannia chubutensis
- Bagridae
- Callichthyidae
- Catfish
- Catfish stew
- Cetopsidae
- Chacidae
- Clariidae
- Claroteidae
- Cranoglanididae
- Diplomystidae
- Erethistidae
- Heptapteridae
- Heteropneustidae
- Horabagridae
- Ictaluridae
- Ictaluroidea
- Lacantuniidae
- Loricariidae
- Loricarioidea
- Malapteruridae
- Mochokidae
- Pangasiidae
- Pimelodidae
- Plotosidae
- Pseudopimelodidae
- Schilbeidae
- Scoloplax dicra
- Siluridae
- Sisoridae
- Sisoroidea
- Sucker catfish
- Trichomycteridae
- Wahpper
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish
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