Cat-eLog  The Catfish Families |
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| 'Carpe Diem ' does not mean 'fish of the day'! Often the mere sight of Latin combined into pairs of tongue twisting scientific names laid out before the hobbyist will cause them, if unfamiliar with this form of organization, to recoil in horror or at best throw up their hands in exasperation. That said, this form of classification remains the best we have and is often useful in getting the basics right for the care of a certain fish. In an attempt to help, we present here an introductory guide to catfish families. The descending order of this list loosely corresponds to the availability of the species. Notes are given about some of the features used to tell different families apart, click here if you need some help with these anatomical terms. In addition if you're not to sure about classification (terms like family, species, genus etc) click here. For an excellent introduction / overview, check out this article, failing all that, try the glossary. |
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| 1. | LORICARIIDAE Suckermouth Armoured Catfishes Show LORICARIIDAE species |  |
| 2. | CALLICHTHYIDAE Armoured Catfishes Show CALLICHTHYIDAE species |  |
| 3. | PIMELODIDAE South American Antennae Catfishes Show PIMELODIDAE species |  |
| 4. | MOCHOKIDAE Upside Down Catfish Show MOCHOKIDAE species |  |
| 5. | DORADIDAE Talking Catfishes Show DORADIDAE species |  |
| 6. | BAGRIDAE Asian Antennae Catfishes Show BAGRIDAE species |  |
| 7. | AUCHENIPTERIDAE Driftwood Catfishes Show AUCHENIPTERIDAE species |  |
| 8. | PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE Show PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE species |  |
| 9. | CLARIIDAE Walking Catfish Show CLARIIDAE species |  |
| 10. | SISORIDAE Asian Hill-Stream Catfishes Show SISORIDAE species |  |
| 11. | ARIIDAE Sea Catfishes Show ARIIDAE species |  |
| 12. | ASPREDINIDAE Banjo Catfishes Show ASPREDINIDAE species |  |
| 13. | SILURIDAE Sheath Catfishes Show SILURIDAE species |  |
| 14. | ICTALURIDAE North American Catfishes Show ICTALURIDAE species |  |
| 15. | AMBLYCIPITIDAE Loach Catfishes Show AMBLYCIPITIDAE species |  |
| 16. | PANGASIIDAE Shark Catfishes Show PANGASIIDAE species |  |
| 17. | AKYSIDAE Asian Stream Catfishes Show AKYSIDAE species |  |
| 18. | CLAROTEIDAE Claroteid Catfishes Show CLAROTEIDAE species |  |
| 19. | AMPHILIIDAE African Hillstream Catfishes Show AMPHILIIDAE species |  |
| 20. | SCHILBEIDAE Schilbe Catfishes Show SCHILBEIDAE species |  |
| 21. | HEPTAPTERIDAE Show HEPTAPTERIDAE species |  |
| 22. | CETOPSIDAE Whale Catfishes Show CETOPSIDAE species |  |
| 23. | PLOTOSIDAE Eel Tailed Catfish Show PLOTOSIDAE species |  |
| 24. | ANCHARIIDAE Madagascan Catfishes Show ANCHARIIDAE species |  |
| 25. | MALAPTERURIDAE Electric Catfishes Show MALAPTERURIDAE species |  |
| 26. | ERETHISTIDAE Moth Catfish Show ERETHISTIDAE species |  |
| 27. | CHACIDAE Frogmouth Catfishes Show CHACIDAE species |  |
| 28. | TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Parasitic Catfish Show TRICHOMYCTERIDAE species |  |
| 29. | ASTROBLEPIDAE South American Hillstream Catfish Show ASTROBLEPIDAE species |  |
| 30. | SCOLOPLACIDAE Spiny Dwarf Catfishes Show SCOLOPLACIDAE species |  |
| 31. | LACANTUNIIDAE Chaipas Catfish Show LACANTUNIIDAE species |  |
| 32. | HYPSIDORIDAE Show HYPSIDORIDAE species |  |
| 33. | DIPLOMYSTIDAE Patagonian Catfishes Show DIPLOMYSTIDAE species |  |
| 34. | CRANOGLANIDIDAE Armour head Catfish, Chinese Catfish Show CRANOGLANIDIDAE species |  |
| 35. | NEMATOGENYIDAE Worm Catfishes Show NEMATOGENYIDAE species |  |
| 36. | HORABAGRIDAE Show HORABAGRIDAE species |  |
| 37. | ANDINICHTHYIDAE Show ANDINICHTHYIDAE species |  |
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