making it the largest exclusively freshwater fish ever recorded. Despite its gargantuan size, but also because of it, the giant catfish lives a tenuous existence in the murky waters of its native ...

Bristlenose plecos are one of the best freshwater tank cleaners ... Plecos are entertaining – These nano catfish are among the most neighborly aquarium fish and will enhance any aquatic community.

Other examples of freshwater fish include tilapia and walking catfish. McIntyre recently conducted a global analysis of riverine fisheries—and the threats they face—and determined there is an ...

SHIMANTO, Kochi Prefecture--An auspicious "golden" catfish ... Aquarium in summer 2014. At first, the catfish was about 25 centimeters long and only slightly yellow. But at a sizable 55 cm now ...

However, experts in China have now found that with this species, the answer lies with the muscles of the fish! The ghost catfish is a small freshwater fish that is native to rivers in Thailand in ...

It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005. There is no official record-keeping or database of the world's biggest freshwater fish.

At first, Guillermo was catching native fish, such as the various kinds of catfish which inhabit the river. But then a giant freshwater fish arrived, known locally as paiche or Arapaima gigas ...