Divided into 33 families, 400 genera, and more than 3,000 species, catfish can be found around the globe.  They are found on ...

The Raphael catfish is a uniquely patterned fish with bold white stripes or spots. This nocturnal species is native to South America, but many hobbyists also keep it in freshwater tanks.

You can even see their heart beating with a magnifying glass. No species of catfish has scales, and that includes catfish in the Kryptopterus genus. But what makes these catfish transparent is ...

In a river of southeastern Brazil, an “armored” creature with a “whip”-like tail moved through the shallow water. At least, ...

Getting finned when fishing is never fun, but did you know catfish can release venom? What to know in Mississippi ...

The catfish family includes a dozen species in Ohio waters, and some of them are among our best-known fishes. Their ranks include blue, channel and flathead catfish, and three species of bullhead.

Blue catfish are invading Maryland waterways and posing a serious threat to native species. Yet, how is it that one species of slate blue-bodied fish can be so detrimental to the Chesapeake Bay ...

Glyptothorax belongs to a family of catfishes known as the Sisoridae. Sisorids are primarily hillstream catfishes, with many ...

SALTVILLE — The yellowfin madtom, a small species of catfish, has been reintroduced into the North Fork of the Holston River after being gone for more than 100 years. The yellowfin is the ...

During the surveys, scientists caught dozens of unfamiliar-looking catfish. For over a decade, scientific studies referenced the unique Sapucaí fish as an unknown species, but no one had studied ...

These aren't just any catfish — they're walking catfish, a species native to southeast Asia first reported in Florida in the late 1960s. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission ...