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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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🇺🇸 United StatesBrown bullhead A hardy North American catfish known for surviving poor water conditions.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1819

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGafftopsail catfish Marine catfish with venomous spines and mouthbrooding malesCatfish · Coasts and shelves

WorldGiant catfish Large estuarine catfish found across the Indo-Pacific.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves · 1837

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 morePangas catfish Large shark catfish from South Asian rivers and estuaries.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1822

🇺🇸 United StatesHardhead catfish A marine catfish of the western Atlantic with a bony head plate and paternal mouthbrooding.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreSpotted sea catfish A tropical catfish found in Indo-Pacific watersCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1792

Photo credits on this page

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

Brown bullhead: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Gafftopsail catfish: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
Giant catfish: Acarie Baron, Public domain, source
Pangas catfish: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hardhead catfish: Edgar R. Waite, Public domain, source
Spotted sea catfish: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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