Catfish Gallery

Banded or eel-tail banjo catfish, Platystacus cotylephorus

Banded or eel-tail banjo catfish, Platystacus cotylephorus.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1800

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Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)

Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus), Looking almost like eels, these fish swim in tightly packed groups that swarm across coral reefs. The whole family is confined to the Indo-Pacific region. Anilao, Manila, Philippines

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Electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus)

Electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus), feeds mostly on fish that it stuns by electric shocks. It is capable of discharging 300 to 400 volts in defence and to prey. Origin: Nile River system, Lakes Chad and Turkana, Niger River system and rivers in West Africa

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