The catfish has more than two thousand unique species

discovery channel documentary pyramids The catfish has more than two thousand unique species being spoken to on each landmass with the exception of Antarctica. They represents more than eight percent of the considerable number of types of fish on the planet. Catfish have two characterizing qualities; the first is the exceptionally unmistakable barbells around the mouth. This offered ascend to the fish's name as they have similarity of feline's hairs. The other is that no catfish has scales.

A catfish's barbells (bristles), albeit usually accepted to be thus, are no kind of barrier system and can't cause torment. They are a detecting device that the fish uses to identify nourishment even in darkest muddiest water. That does not imply that the catfish is without combat hardware, it has spikes or spines in its dorsal and pectoral balances sufficiently sharp to cut human skin. These points will mystery a stinging protein that will affect noteworthy torment thus catfish ought to be maneuvered carefully.

Most catfish species are generally little averaging 10 to fifteen pounds, yet there are a few animal types that develop to colossal sizes the greatest of which is the Mekong Catfish which has its home in Asia. Mekong catfish have been found saying something overabundance of six hundred pounds. Both Europe and the USA have huge catfish species that are in overabundance of one hundred pounds.