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An image of humans battling a Namazu. In Japanese mythology, the Namazu or Ōnamazu (大 鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes. The creature lives under the islands of Japan and is guarded by the god Takemikazuchi enshrined at Kashima, who restrains the catfish with a stone. When the Kashima-god lets his guard fall, Namazu ...
Noturus, madtoms. Prietella. Pylodictis. Satan. Trogloglanis. The Ictaluridae, sometimes called ictalurids, are a family of catfish native to North America, where they are an important food source and sometimes fished for sport. The family includes about 51 species, some commonly known as bullheads, madtoms, channel catfish, and blue catfish .
Social Catfish is an online investigation service based in Murrieta, California. [1] The company aims to help users avoid internet fraud like romance scams by providing online identity verification. [2] Their website and app allow users to run background checks, including social searches (names, emails, usernames, and phone numbers) and reverse ...
Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. About 105 living species of silurids are placed in 12 [1] or 14 [3] genera . Although silurids occur across much of Europe and Asia, they are most diverse in Southeast Asia, beyond which their diversity decreases in temperate East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Southwest ...
Mekong giant catfish are one of the largest species of freshwater fish. In 2005, the Mekong giant catfish attained the Guinness World Record for the world's largest freshwater fish. [4] [5] Attaining a length of up to 3 m (9.8 ft), the Mekong giant catfish grows extremely quickly, reaching a mass of 150 to 200 kg (330 to 440 lb) in only six ...
The brown bullhead grows to be approximately 21 inches (53 cm) in length [4] and is a darker brown-green dorsally, growing lighter green and yellow towards the ventral surface. The belly is off-white or cream, and the fish has no scales. [5] Additionally, there are darker, brown-black speckles along the entire surface of the fish.
Binomial name. Pylodictis olivaris. ( Rafinesque, 1818) Synonyms. Silurus olivaris Rafinesque, 1818. The flathead catfish ( Pylodictis olivaris ), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It is the only species of the genus Pylodictis.
Agamyxis pectinifrons. Agamyxis pectinifrons, the spotted talking catfish, spotted raphael catfish or whitebarred catfish, is a species of thorny catfish found in the Amazon basin where it has been recorded from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL .