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. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.
species of several families with elongated sensory barbells, a scaleless skin (sometimes with bony plates), usually bottom-dwelling.
Popular white-fleshed fish with a medium-firm texture. Farm raised catfish, widely available in supermarkets and fish stores, don't have the muddy taste that distinguish their wild counterparts. Look for fresh catfish with white rather than grayish flesh.
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
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
Channel catfish are a freshwater species native to North America. They are primarily vegetarian, thus not reliant upon fishmeal (their feed is grain-based but may contain small amounts of fishmeal). They are typically cultured in earthen ponds.
While there are several types of Florida catfish, they are all easily recognised by the wiry appendages around their mouths that resemble a cat's whiskers. The channel catfish is considered the one of the best-eating freshwater fish and has sweet white, tender meat.
a member of a group of fishes with smooth skin, large flat heads, and long barbels near the mouth. There are both marine and freshwater catfishes. Some of the freshwater species are raised easily in ponds.
Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which give the image of cat-like whiskers, they are found primarily in freshwater environments of all kinds, with species on every continent except Antarctica. Some species from the families Ariidae and Plotosidae are also found in marine environments.
