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name: Fish

flavor_bible_name_variants: catfish,fish,fish cooked,fish fried,fish grilled,fish mild,fish white,fish whole

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status: draft

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food_db_name: Catfish

flavor_db_name_variants: catfish

name_scientific: Siluriformes

description: Catfishes (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa. There are armour-plated types and also naked types, neither having scales. Despite their name, not all catfish have prominent barbels; members of the Siluriformes order are defined by features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. Many of the smaller species, particularly the genus Corydoras, are important in the aquarium hobby. Many catfish are nocturnal, but others (many Auchenipteridae) are crepuscular or diurnal (most Loricariidae or Callichthyidae for example).

itis_id: 163992

wikipedia_id: Catfish

picture_file_name: 619.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 75460

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:27.000Z

legacy_id: 647

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:51.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 7995

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00605