Catfish Other Names

Pendog66 feb 9 2006.

Catfish other names. The flathead catfish also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat is a large species of north american freshwater catfish in the family ictaluridae. The variety of names which have been applied to the flathead catfish are many and have often caused some confusion. Today only channel catfish and other members of the north american fish family ictaluridae can be called catfish in the. It is often confused with two similar looking species with the same common name leiocassis siamensis from asia and microglanis poecilus from south america.

Catfish vessel pendog66 feb 9 2006. What is a good catfish related name for the boat. Synonyms for catfish include deceive dupe fool lure mislead troll bullhead chucklehead mudcat and polliwog. China s presence lobs a new grenade into the catfish name war.

The flathead catfish are known to reach 100 pounds and specimens that are 5 to 50 pounds are regarded as common. It is the only species of the genus pylodictis. These small catfish only grow to an inch or two in length and are sometimes referred to as dwarf suckerfish. My best so far.

Jerald horst creature feature fishing without a doubt the flathead catfish has more aliases than any other fish probably beating out even the infamous choupique two of the more common names are. Among other names this same fish is called a yellow cat and opelousas opp catfish. Asian bumblebee catfish pseudomystus siamensis the orange and brownish black bands on this bumblebee catfish resemble the markings of a bumblebee. The tiny otocinclus catfish or oto for short isn t a miniature plecostomus but it kind of looks like one.

The closest living relative of the flathead catfish is the much smaller widemouth blindcat satan eurystomus. Feb 9 2006 2.