Directory of Siluriformes Resources

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Catfish.

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• Airsac Catfish: Heteropneustes microps

  http://www.arkive.org/airsac-catfish/heteropneustes-microps/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Ariopsis felis: Hardhead Catfish

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Ariops_felis.htm
  Photograph and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and its importance in the fisheries round Florida.

• Armored Catfish Picture and Description

  http://www.thejump.net/id/armoredcatfish.htm
  About the Callichthyidae family, or armored catfish, with more than 50 species native to the streams of South America, including genus Pterygoplichthys. Some are now found in Florida. These fish are known to "walk" on land using their pectoral fins.

• Bagre marinus: Gafftopsail Catfish

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Bagre_marinu.htm
  Photograph and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and its importance in the fisheries round Florida.

• Brown Bullhead: Ictalurus nebulosus

  http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-45648--,00.html
  Fact sheet, with photograph.

• Catfish Biology and Identification

  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/catfish/biology.html
  Information about three species in Minnesota.

• Catfish, the Basics

  http://www.fisheriesmanagement.co.uk/catfish/catfish_introduction.htm
  Introduction to Family Siluridae, the catfish, with particular focus on the species Silurus glanis, the European Wels Catfish. Covers distribution, behaviour, sexual differences, and spawning. Includes photos.

• Cave Catfish: Clarias cavernicola

  http://www.arkive.org/cave-catfish/clarias-cavernicola/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Channel Catfish

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/long_brit/
  Student project on Ictalurus punctatus including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Channel Catfish: Ictalurus punctatus

  http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-45660--,00.html
  Fact sheet, focused on the occurrence of this fish in the U.S. Great Lakes. Includes an image.

• Clanwilliam Rock-catfish: Austroglanis gilli

  http://www.arkive.org/clanwilliam-rock-catfish/austroglanis-gilli/
  Photographs and information from ARKive on this rare South African species.

• Clarias batrachus: Walking Catfish

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Clarias_batrachus.htm
  Photograph and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasive information.

• Hoplosternum littorale: Brown Hoplo

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Hoplosternum_littorale.htm
  Photograph and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasive information.

• Ictalurus punctatus

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/gallant_kirk
  Research project by Kirk Gallant on the Channel Catfish, including its identification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, history, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Mexican Blindcat: Prietella phreatophila

  http://www.arkive.org/mexican-blindcat/prietella-phreatophila/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• The Loricariidae

  http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/loricariid/fish_key/lorhome/
  Dr. Jonathan Armbruster's site devoted to the largest family of catfishes, including the fish typically sold in the aquarium trade under the name pleco or plecostomus. Includes list of taxa, identification key, and phylogenetic tree.

• Toothless Blindcat: Trogloglanis pattersoni

  http://www.arkive.org/toothless-blindcat/trogloglanis-pattersoni/
  Photographs and information from ARKive on this species endemic to underground waters in Texas, USA.

• Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus)

  http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=767
  Discussion and photos of this introduced nonindigenous species in Florida.

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