So what’s so amazing about catfish?  So far, Ferrebeekeeper has describing all sorts of different variations of these fascinating fish. From the giant truck-sized catfish of the Mekong, to the infi…

Fig. 1. Voucher specimens examined in this study, from the  new subgenus  Panafilus   (lyretail clown plecos): (1) Pf . albivermis , (2...

Hypostomus cochliodon group is a monophyletic clade of 20 valid species of Neotropical armored...

A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil #Ancistrini #Environment #FaunaofSouthAmerica #Fish #L-number #Pseudacanthicus #Pseudacanthicushistrix Check more at https://scifeeds.com/social-media-item/a-new-species-of-the-leopard-pleco-genus-pseudacanthicus-siluriformes-loricariidae-from-the-rio-xingu-brazil/

My biggest blogging regret last year was not writing more about fish.  Ferrebeekeeper has traditionally addressed fish more-or-less exclusively by describing catfish (the order Siluriformes).  Only…

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catfish, any of the fishes of the order Siluriformes. Catfishes are related to the characins, carp, and minnows (order Cypriniformes) and may be placed with them in the superorder Ostariophysi. Some authorities, however, have regarded these groups as suborders, rather than a single order, and have classified them as the suborders Siluroidea (catfishes) and Cyprinoidea (characins, carp, and minnows) of the order Cypriniformes or Ostariophysi. The name catfish refers to the long barbels, or feelers, which are present about the mouth of the fish and resemble cat whiskers. All catfishes have at least one pair of barbels, on the upper