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Accurate info and multiple images of catfish species. We have 5,149 species, 20,460 images encompassing 56,331 populations in 6,621 registered aquaria. There's 1,825 breeding reports and 4,877 wishlists too. See also the catfish on stamps, habitat, underwater, video collections and all C, CW, L & LDA numbers.

Shane's World

A wide array of hundreds of informative catfish articles. There's something for everyone here, ranging from newbie essentials to specialist topics split across four sections - Species, Reproduction, Geography and 'Catfishology'. Dive in!

Catfish of the Month

CotMThis month's featured species is Hypoptopoma sp. (1). Are you looking for in-depth on a particular species? Then check out the vast CotM Archives.

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From the article Maintaining and Spawning Albino AncistrusMaintaining and Spawning Albino Ancistrus by Don Danko. First class photography by the author accompanies this thorough article on spawning the albino bristlenose.

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