Catfish

Most fish keepers have at some stage assumed that all sucker-mouthed catfish are herbivores.

they live in many freshwater bodies of water, but prefer deep areas of lakes and rivers.

No, female catfish lay eggs which are then fertilized outside of their bodies. Menstruation, the discharge of unfertilized eggs which are intended to be fertilized inside the body, is a feature of mammals.

Yes. Most catfish contain some iodine.

A glass catfish should grow to about four inches in length but can grow slightly larger at times:)

a catfish needs to survive whiskers,taste buds,

Bamboo es producer, consumer or descomposer

The main foot catfish eat is crawdads. The crawdads are probably the best bait. The meat from the tail of the crawdads is the best. Just remove the shell from the tail of the crawdads. You can purchase crawdads at any tackle shop or catch them yourself with a crawdad trap. Also, any kind of cheese is a good bait for the catfish. You only need to cast 25 feet in front of you to catch the catfish.

No, but some species croak when caught, like the channel catfish.

yes . catfish have over 1,00000 tast buds on their whiskers to help them smell and taste food.

Red Tail catfish will eat anything that it thinks is meaty. If you own a Red Tail Catfish, return it to the place you purchased it and demand your money back. Red Tail catfish can grow to over 4 feet long. Some to 5 feet. They are NOT ornamental fish for a tropical tank. Return it and demand your money back. When purchasers realize that this type of catfish is out growing their tanks and eating all the other fish, they will release it in their local pond or lake. Though they cannot live through US's northern winters, they can live in subtropical areas like southern Georgia and Florida.

If the place does not give your money back, report them to the ASPCA for selling a species of fish that should not be sold in the USA or outside of South America.

no, cat fish are like any other fish apart from looks!

Yes. However there are two families Heteropneustes and Clariidae that have bladders that act in a lung like way in addition to gills. There are zillions of species of cat fish and scientists are still changing the lists around.

you will mostly find catfish in a lake or river they dont adapt to salt water very easily

The catfish are all classified as siluriformes (according to wikispecies).

No! Betta males are peacefull fish and mix well with most other species. They will only fight with other Betta males.

never mix a male betta with any other type of fish if you want to keep them alive..male bettas a solitary fish and most likely will kill anything in there with it..i know believe me...i heard that you can mix male bettas with ghost shrimp,neon tetras,and Cory cats..my betta has killed all of the above..i put some neon tetras and Cory cats with him and within 5 seconds the betta was killing a Cory cat

the above is incorrect. but the first one is right. What you have to do is when you get your betta, but him in a ziplock, half air half water; and but the ziplock in the aquarium. I left mine in their for a week ( yes, i fed him ) until he calmed down and realized the other fish weren't a threat or other bettas. Then open the bag and let him swim out. Yes, he may nip when a Cory cat comes near him or chase a fancy guppie or tetra, but he will calm down after about a day. If he dosent return him or put him back in the ziplock.

Also don't put the fish in the betta's cage, but the betta in the fish'es cage using the ziplock method. The betta will be more aggressive if fish invade his territory, but if he is in new territory he will be less aggressive.

It was caught in Thailand weighing 646 pounds

Catfish find their food overwhelmingly by smell - they have very poor eyesight. When fishing for catfish, the most foul smelling, disgusting bait you can come up with will give you the best results, as a rule.

Fish is kind of an iffy question when it comes to pregnancy. The reason women are typically advised not to eat fish during pregnancy is because the amount of mercury that are found in fish. But it is usually not too big of a deal unless you are consuming fish that eat other fish. I know that catfish are bottom feeders and do occasionally eat fish but I think you are safe. Here are some articles that discuss eating catfish during pregnancy if you would like to find out for yourself!

* http://www.seafoodschool.org/StraightTalk-Pregnancy-02.pdf * http://www.recipestoday.com/resources/nutrition/seafood.htm * http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/484035 * http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_823.asp

Channel Catfishes average weight as an adult is 4.4 lbs

Yes if the other fish can fit into its mouth! My catfish recently ate the 5" cichlid in the 90G tank. The cichlid was a little bit larger than the catfish when I first bought it (about 4") about 1.5 year ago, now the catfish is 9".

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'.

A giant Mekong catfish caught in northern Thailand in May 1, 2005 and reported to the press almost 2 months later that weighed 293 kilograms (650 lb).

My betta is to picky to eat anything other than the green food out of a tropical fish food thing, and so he just leaves all the other food alone.But my guess is if they eat anything that wasnt made for fish theyll get sick!!