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All fish

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

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🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreAmazon sailfin catfish A large freshwater armored catfish from South America, often kept in aquariums and known as an invasive pest elsewhere.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇴 Bolivia and 4 moreRipsaw catfish Large thorny catfish native to South American rivers.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreGiant pangasius A large freshwater catfish from Southeast Asia, now critically endangered due to overfishing and habitat loss.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1931

🇺🇦 Ukraine and 4 moreWels catfish A large freshwater catfish native to Europe and Western Asia, known for its size and bottom-feeding habits.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1758

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

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreChaca chaca A burrowing angler catfish from South Asian rivers with a flattened body and ambush hunting style.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreWalking catfish A Southeast Asian air-breathing catfish known for moving across land and surviving out of water.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreIridescent shark Large Southeast Asian catfish farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Amazon sailfin catfish: Richwales at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
Ripsaw catfish: Tino Strauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Giant pangasius: Gv-fishing, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Wels catfish: Dieter Florian (To contact the author, ask the uploader or take a look, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Chaca chaca: Dr. Keshav Kumar Jha, CC BY 3.0, source
Walking catfish: Vassil, CC0, source
Iridescent shark: User:Melanochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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