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Is there this kind of catfish on this website?
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 03:06
by michelle56
Is there a Flathead Catfish on this website????

Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 03:10
by michelle56
P.S. Are catfish related to cyprnids??? Maybe?? Because they have barbels??
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 03:39
by Silurus
Is there a Flathead Catfish on this website
Yes, there is,
here.
As for your second question, yes, catfish are related to minnows. Together with tetras and South American electric fishes, they form a group known as the Ostariophysi.
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 05:26
by S. Allen
Heok, you mean gymnotids(sp?)?
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 09:03
by Sid Guppy
Yup, those'r the ones; Gymnotus, Apteronotus, Eigenmannia etc
And of course the biggest bugger of them all;

pet the little fishy!

Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 11:50
by coelacanth
michelle56 wrote:P.S. Are catfish related to cyprnids??? Maybe?? Because they have barbels??
Although they are related, the presence or absence of barbels should not be used as a guide in this.
Pete
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 22:43
by michelle56
I saw somekind of catfish that was 80 years old?? or 80 pounds??
Posted: 16 Oct 2003, 00:09
by coelacanth
michelle56 wrote:I saw somekind of catfish that was 80 years old?? or 80 pounds??
80 pounds in weight wouldn't be unusual for some Catfish.
£80 to buy wouldn't be unusual for some Catfish in the UK.
80 years old though would be quite unusual, although I wouldn't discount it.