catfish

Synonyms:

siluriform fish

Types:

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silurid, silurid fish

Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin

bullhead, bullhead catfish

any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States

Ictalurus punctatus, channel cat, channel catfish

freshwater food fish common throughout central United States

Pylodictus olivaris, flathead catfish, goujon, mudcat, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish

large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

armored catfish

South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates

sea catfish

any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food

European catfish, Silurus glanis, sheatfish

large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe

Malopterurus electricus, electric catfish

freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ

Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout

catfish common in eastern United States

brown bullhead

freshwater catfish of eastern United States

blue cat, blue catfish, blue channel cat, blue channel catfish

a large catfish of the Mississippi valley

crucifix fish

sea catfish of the Caribbean area

Type of:

malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

Synonyms:

mudcat

Type of:

freshwater fish

flesh of fish from fresh water used as food

Synonyms:

wolf fish, wolffish

Type of:

blennioid, blennioid fish

elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins