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catfish
1. any of numerous mainly freshwater teleost fishes having whisker-like barbels around the mouth, esp the silurids of Europe and Asia and the horned pouts of North America
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catfish
[′kat‚fish] (vertebrate zoology)
The common name for a number of fishes which constitute the suborder Siluroidei in the order Cypriniformes, all of which have barbels around the mouth.
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Five species each composed over 5% of the catch: sturgeon chub (38%), channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (22%),
stonecat (12%), flathead chub (11%), and sicklefin chub (6%).
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were present at the end of June and the beginning of July, while
stonecat madtoms (Noturus flavus) did not appear in the drift until the beginning of August.
The freckled madtom may be confused with three other sympatric madtom species within the Chicago Region: the
stonecat (Noturus flavus), slender madtom (Noturus exilis), and tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus).
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