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- noun Plural form of
catfish .
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Examples
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I saw the same thing at a pay lake several years ago, but the 4-pound bass opened its fins and got stuck in the catfishes mouth ... both of 'em perished.
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Next, make a cut across the top of the catfishes head making a line from the end of the gill to the other.
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Next, make a cut across the top of the catfishes head making a line from the end of the gill to the other.
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I saw the same thing at a pay lake several years ago, but the 4-pound bass opened its fins and got stuck in the catfishes mouth ... both of 'em perished.
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The redfin and orangethroat darters, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker, black and golden redhorses, and channel and flathead catfishes occur in many streams. 29a.
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This includes an amazing diversity of cichlids and at least 12 large endemic catfishes of the genus Bathyclarias that live in deeper areas of the lake.
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Although the hotspot has a relatively small fish fauna, with only just over 40 native species, it has a remarkable two endemic families: the mountain catfishes (Nematogenyidae) and the perch-like fishes of the genus Percilia (family Perciliidae).
Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009
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All but a few of the 90 species of naked sucker-mouth catfishes in the family Astroblepidae are also endemic to the region.
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Fish communities usually contain many sensitive species; a sunfish - and minnow-dominated community exists along with large numbers of darters and catfishes.
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The rate of description of new catfishes is at an all-time high.
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