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Because the catfish has whiskers just like a pet cat does.
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Catfish whiskers are called barbels.
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
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
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.
A flathead catfish is one of the largest species of catfish. Humans eat this type of catfish. They are also called yellow cat, mud cat and shovelhead cat.
At least one so named specimen called the Coral Catfish.
yes, but they are called gills.
bullheads, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and blue catfish.
Before that question can be answered one would need to know what kind of catfish you are asking about. There are so many different species that are called "catfish" that it is impossible to make a generalisation.
There are many species of fish that are called "catfish'. The thing that gives them this name is the feelers/whiskers around the fishes mouth. So I guess the answer to your question is. A catfish is a fish that has what appears to be whiskers.
The biggest catfish is the Mekong catfish
well a blue catfish and a channel cat is to different species of catfish but there are both male and female blue catfish and Channel catfish
No. Those structures, actually called barbels, are for sensing. Catfish can, however, inflict damage with their dorsal fins, so handle carefully.
Catfish can swim. Some Amazonian catfish can eat people
Catfish are mostly nocturnal with the exception of the Glass Catfish
There are many fish in the catfish family, but here is a list of select species:Blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatatusChannel catfish - Ictalurus punctatusWhite catfish - Ameiurus catusFlathead catfish - Pylodictis olivarisWels catfish - Silurus glanisStriped eel-catfish - Plotosus lineatusGlass catfish - Kryptopterus bicirrhisBlack walking catfish - Clarias angolensisStringing catfish - Heteropneustes fossilisElectric catfish - Malapterurus electricusBlotched upsidedown catfish - Synodontis nigriventrisPictus cat - Pimelodus pictus
a goonch catfish has teeth and a piraiba catfish doesn't but it has a surated mouth.
YesNo its a fish but its called a cat fish due to his whiskers
I would have to say because of the whiskers an also purr like a cat, i know it sounds a little silly but if you every catch one you will understand
There are over 2000 species of catfish (order: Siluriformes), thus making them one of the largest fish orders. They vary greatly in body shape, pattern, and scale configuration. Catfish come from all types of environments in both fresh and salt water. Catfish belong to 34 families. Thirteen families are covered in this book. They include: the Aspredinidae (Banjo catfish), the Ariidae (Sea catfish), the Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfish), the Callichthyidae (Armored catfish), the Chacidae (Squarehead catfish), the Doradidae (Thorny catfish), the Loricariidae (Suckermouth armored catfish), the Malapteruridae (Electric catfish), the Mochocidae (Naked catfish), the Pangassidae, the Pimelodidae (Flat-nosed catfish), the Schilbeidae (Glass catfish), and the Siluridae (Old-world catfish).
Not entirely.Most catfish species are freshwater. Though some catfish, like Hardhead catfish are saltwater catfish. Some catfish species can live in both fresh and salt water.
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