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Catfish whiskers are called barbels.
A male catfish
Because the catfish has whiskers just like a pet cat does.
They are generally called schools. People in some areas call the group a knot of catfish or a ball of catfish.
Catfish do have children, but they are not called kittens. The catfish got its name by the whiskers it.
Catfish is a name actually founded in Rome where a cat ate a mans fish so there for it's name is catfish. The Romans first called it "cafi" and now we have adapted it to catfih
They are called fry.
The channel cat is a species of catfish, correctly called channel catfish.
Vertebrate is a category called a subphylum. Catfish belong to this subphylum or group. A catfish is a vertebrate.
Catfish do have whiskers which are called barbels and they help the fish find food
"Khagga"
Translation: bagre OR siluro (for a giant catfish)Note that in Spain, catfish is not commonly sold and a completely different fish with a similar taste called pangasius (called panga in Spanish) is far more readily available.