Not really
The white catfish is not an endangered species, common over much of the U.S.
Not really
This fish faces extinction due to overfishing and a decrease in water quality. They are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List and it is noted that their population has fallen approx. 80% in the past 14 years. It is not known how many are left in the wild today.
There are many fish in the catfish family, but here is a list of selected common species; Blue catfish-Ictalurus Furcatatus, Channel catfish-Ictalurus Punctatus, White catfish-Ameiurus Catus, Flathead Catfish-Pylodictis Olivaris.
Catfish can swim. Some Amazonian catfish can eat people
Catfish can swim. Some Amazonian catfish can eat people
a goonch catfish has teeth and a piraiba catfish doesn't but it has a surated mouth.
The catfish that I have caught and cleaned do not have teeth.... These are fresh water catfish.....
Since catfish are one of the larger fish in the ponds they eat almost anything smaller than them. So sometimes they are accidentally caught up in the fishing nets when fishermen try to catch other schools of fish. Then they are also caught purposely for food. So they are always getting caught purposely and accidentally.
People eat catfish.
catfish are carnivores
catfish are carnivores