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Well there are quite a few. But to name one, the most famous. The most popular specie is 'The Stephanie'. The Stephanie is a specie known to be fat, greedy and to be honest, not a great looker. They are orange with blue tails, yellow feet and red heads. They are known to feast on a specie of field mouse called 'The Izzy'.

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This group consists of 34 families and about 410 genera and over 2400 species.

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There are many species. No one knows how many. So people estimate around 500 to 1,000.

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There are to many to list, as there are catfish that live all over the world. And of course we are still discovering new species! There are approximately 3,000 species of catfish though!

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over 2000 species

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