Catfish Gallery

Sea trout, Salmo trutta, on Z&, xea;zere river, Portugal. Found in streams, ponds, rivers and lakes. Date: 12-Jan-20

Brown bullhead catfish, Ameiurus nebulosus, guarding offspring. They live between six and eight years (but have been recorded as old as fifteen in captivity), and spawn between April and June. The females lay eggs in dark shallow locations like under rocks and inside logs, and nests are primarily created by the females. The eggs are protected by both the males and the females who additionally will guard their offspring for a while following their hatching. Parents care for their offspring for five days. Adults, male and female, will reach sexual maturity around age three and in their lifetime can produce between 10 and 10, 000 offspring. The fish has been introduced into many European countries where is considered as an invasive species. Spain

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Bocachico or koulimata, Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus

Bocachico or koulimata, Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus (Pale red-streaked salmon carp, Prochilodus rubro-taeniatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgk's Fishes of Guiana, part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ichthyology, Edinburgh, 1841. Date:

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Oriole blackbird, chocolate loricarid catfish

Oriole blackbird, Gymnomystax mexicanus, nest and eggs 3, chocolate loricarid armored catfish, Loricaria cataphracta 2, and pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer 1. Lophyre de pin male, femelle, sa larve, coque, loricaire, loriot, son nid, oeuf. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Date:

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