Upside-Down Catfish
(Synodontis Catfish)
Corydoras
Armor-Plated Catfish
Antenna Catfish
Sea Catfish
* Denotes predatory fish
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| Common Name | FAMILY | Origin | Foods - Feeding | ||
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| Banjo Catfish | Aspredinidae | South America | Carnivore - Nocturnal | ||
| Naked
Catfish* Upside-Down Catfish (Synodontis Catfish) |
Bagridae | Africa - Asia | Omnivore - Nocturnal * | ||
| Armored Catfish Corydoras |
Callichthyidae | South America | Omnivore | ||
| Chacidae | Asia | Carnivore - Nocturnal | |||
| * | Clariidae | Africa - Asia | Omnivore - Nocturnal * | ||
| Thorny Catfish | Doradidae | South America | Carnivore - Nocturnal | ||
| Horned Pouts * | Ictaluridae | Central and North America | Carnivore * | ||
| Suckermouth
Catfish Armor-Plated Catfish |
Loricariidae | South America | Herbivore - Nocturnal | ||
| Electric Catfish * | Malpteruridae | Africa | Carnivore - Nocturnal * | ||
| Naked Catfish | Mochocidae | Africa | Omnivore - Nocturnal | ||
| Pangasius * | Pangasiidae | Asia | Omnivore * | ||
| Flat-nosed Catfish
* Antenna Catfish |
Pimelodidae | South America | Omnivore - Nocturnal * | ||
| Glass Catfish | Schilbeidae | Africa - Asia | Omnivore | ||
| Shark Catfish
* Sea Catfish |
Ariidae | Africa - Asia - So. America | Omnivore * | ||
| Old World Catfish | Silurida | Europe - Asia | Omnivore - Nocturnal | ||
| Trichomycteridae | South America | Carnivore - Nocturnal | |||
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* Denotes predatory fish |
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