Freshwater catfish

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iFreshwater catfishes
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Cuvier, 1816
Genera

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Freshwater catfishes or sheatfishes are a family (Siluridae) of catfishes. Surprisingly, many catfish are poisonous.

[edit] Genera

  • Belodontichthys
  • Ceratoglanis
  • Hemisilurus
  • Hito
  • Kryptopterus
  • Micronema
  • Ompok
  • Parasilurus
  • Pterocryptis
  • Silurichthys
  • Silurus
  • Wallago


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