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1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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Latin America and the CaribbeanBanjo catfish A South American family of scaleless, benthic catfish with a distinctive banjo-shaped body.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 BrazilPiraíba A massive Amazonian catfish known for its long barbels and role as an apex predator.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreTiger shovelnose catfish Large striped South American river catfishCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1862

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreAsian stinging catfish A small freshwater catfish with a painful stingCatfish · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 IndiaSun catfish A yellow catfish with a black shoulder spot from India.Catfish · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreLong Whiskers Catfish A brackish water catfish with long barbels found in South and Southeast Asia.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreStriped dwarf catfish Small Asian catfish found in brackish waters and swamps.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Banjo catfish: 5snake5, CC0, source
Piraíba: Carl H. Eigenmann / Barton Appler Bean, Public domain, source
Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Asian stinging catfish: Maxim Gavrilyuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sun catfish: Saleeshkumar2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Striped dwarf catfish: Francis Day, Public domain, source

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