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Catfish (Siluriformes) of Asia — a diverse group of ray-finned primarily freshwater fish of Asia. Pages in category "Catfish of Asia" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total.
The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas; Thai: ปลาบึก, RTGS: pla buek, pronounced [plāː bɯ̀k]; Khmer: ត្រីរាជ /trəy riec/; Vietnamese: cá tra dầu), is a large, threatened species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae), native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia and adjacent China.
Hara jerdoni, common name in English Sylhet Hara; [2] [3] also known as Asian Stone Catfish, or Dwarf Anchor Catfish, is a species of South Asian river catfish native to northeastern India and Bangladesh. [1] [4] This species grows to a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL. [4] It is sometimes seen in the aquarium trade. [5]
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
Hemibagrus wyckioides reaches a length of 130 centimetres (51 inches) TL. [1] This species is the largest Bagrid catfish in Asia, and may reach 80 kilograms. [3] The caudal fin is white when the fish is small, but it becomes bright red when it reaches about 15 cm (6 in).
Catfish are fed a grain-based diet that includes soybean meal. Fish are fed daily through the summer, at rates of 1-6% of body weight with pelleted floating feed. Catfish need about two pounds of feed to produce one pound of live weight. Mississippi is home to 100,000 acres (400 km 2) of catfish ponds, the
Many of the members of this family are small, cryptically colored fish with tuberculate skin. [5] Erethistids are distinguished from sisorids by having a pectoral girdle with a long coracoid process that extends well beyond the base of the pectoral fin; this structure can be felt through the skin in all genera and is visible externally in all genera except Pseudolaguvia.
Heteropneustes fossilis, also known as Asian stinging catfish or fossil cat, is a species of airsac catfish found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bhutan. It has also been introduced to the Tigris River Basin in western Iran.