noun. Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw.

noun. In Victoria and New South Wales, a fresh-water fish, Copidoglanis tandanus.

noun. A name of the wolf-fish, Anarrhichas lupus, from its dentition and its ferocity when caught. See wolf-fish.

noun. A name generally given in the United States to species of the family Siluridæ, which when taken out of the water emit a sound like the purring of a cat.

noun. A name given in some parts of England to the weever, Trachinus draco.

noun. A local English name of the scyllioid shark, Scyllium catulus.

noun. A local English name of the torsk, Brosmius brosme.

noun. A name in New Zealand for fishes of the family Uranoscopidæ, especially the Ichthyscopus monopterygius.

noun. A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See bullhrad.

noun. Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

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noun. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

noun. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

noun. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

bermuda catfish  electric catfish  

airbreathing catfish  channel catfish  whale catfish  

blennioid  blennioid fish  freshwater fish  

flatfish  

barbel  bass  bluegill  bream  chub  

bullhrad  catfishes  wolf fish