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- banjo catfishesplural of banjo catfish: Any of a number of small tropical catfish in the family Aspredinidae, especially the popular aquarium species Bunocephalus coracoideus
- blue catfishesplural of blue catfish: A very large freshwater catfish native from central North America south to Central America, of the species Ictalurus furcatus.
- channel catfishesplural of channel catfish: A fish of the species Ictalurus punctatus, native to eastern North America.
- cuckoo catfishesplural of cuckoo catfish: Synodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.
- driftwood catfishesplural of driftwood catfish: Any of the family Auchenipteridae of nocturnal catfishes found in rivers from Panama to Argentina.
- electric catfishesplural of electric catfish: Any catfish of the family Malapteruridae (order Siluriformes).
- naked catfishesplural of naked catfish: Any bagrid (family Bagridae) of African and Asian catfishes.
- shark catfishesplural of shark catfish: Any sharklike catfish of the family Pangasiidae, found across southern Asia.
- stinging catfishesplural of stinging catfish: Heteropneustes fossilis, a catfish of India and Southeast Asia.
- striped catfishesplural of striped catfish: Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes and venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, found in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific …
- talking catfishesplural of talking catfish: Any of the catfishes of the family Doradidae, able to produce sound by moving their pectoral spine or vibrating their swim bladder.
- walking catfishesplural of walking catfish: A Southeast Asian catfish that can breathe air and move on land using its pectoral fins, Clarias batrachus
- whale catfishesplural of whale catfish: Any fish of the family Cetopsidae of catfishes.
- African glass catfishesplural of African glass catfish: Pareutropius debauwi, a freshwater catfish native to Africa, found in Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
- upside-down catfishesplural of upside-down catfish: Any of various freshwater catfish that swim upside-down, such as Synodontis decorus, Synodontis multipunctatus, and especially Synodontis nigriventris
- Chao Phraya giant catfishesplural of Chao Phraya giant catfish: A species of shark catfish; Pangasius sanitwongsei.
- airbreathing catfishesplural of airbreathing catfish: Any fish of the family Clariidae, which can breathe air for short periods.
- airsac catfishesplural of airsac catfish: Any of the genus Heteropneustes of catfishes with elongated, compressed bodies, short dorsal fins with no spine, and long airsacs that serve as lungs that extend from the gill chamber.