Organisms

Catfishes

Common name of the order Siluriformes. This order contains many families and over 2,000 species, including venomous species. Heteropneustes and Plotosus genera have dangerous stings and are aggressive. Most species are passive stingers.

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Abstract

Common name of the order Siluriformes. This order contains many families and over 2,000 species, including venomous species. Heteropneustes and Plotosus genera have dangerous stings and are aggressive. Most species are passive stingers.

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8 entry terms
  • Catfish
  • Siluriformes
  • Arius
  • Colombian Catfish
  • Eremophilus mutisii
  • Heteropneustes
  • Plotosus
  • Catfish, Colombian

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

BULLHEAD CATFISHES, and CHANNEL CATFISH see ICTALURIDAE are also available; entry term EREMOPHILUS MUTISII: EREMOPHILA PLANT, and EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS see SONGBIRDS are also available

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History Note

2002 (1987)

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Previous Indexing

  • Fishes (1966-1986)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.493w.080w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catfishes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002397. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002397
  2. Catfishes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish
  3. Catfishes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59576