#blue catfish

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here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

#drew these bad boys in ichthyology lecture 🐟 #art #sketch #orig #meme redraw #cat #fish #catfish #blue catfish #fantasy species #original species #hybrid #animal hybrid #speculative biology #catcatfish

[uncharismatic-fauna]

The Beautiful Blue Catfish

Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) are members of the bullhead catfish family, native to the drainages of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river basins and the Gulf of Mexico. Because of their popularity as game fish, this species has also been introduced to freshwater systems throughout North and South America, and is considered invasive in these areas.

Like many catfish, I. furcatus is a bottom dweller. They can often be found near complex structures such as rocky outcroppings, fallen trees, or sunken structures that provide both food and shelter. The blue catfish is an opportunistic predator, consuming any fish or aquatic invertebrates it can find, as well as eggs, small amphibians, and injured or recently deceased animals. Adult I. furcatus are seldom prey for other species due to their size, but hatchlings and juveniles are often food for cormorants, willets, osprey, pelicans, and bald eagles. To deter predators, this species has serrated barbs along their dorsal and pectoral fins, each laced with a particularly painful toxin.

Though they can be difficult prey for other animals, the blue catfish is a popular target for fishermen, and for good reason; they're the largest species of catfish in North America. Adults can easily reach a length of 65 in (170 cm) and a weight of 165 lb (75 kg). As indicated by their name, most individuals are grey or blue, with a lighter underbelly. This species also lacks scales, a common characteristic of catfish, and the face is framed by long whisker-like barbels that help it detect nearby food.

While generally solitary, blue catfish aren't territorial, and tend to ignore each other until the mating season. Reproduction begins in April and continues until June, during which time males attract a female by building a nest and releasing attractive pheromones. Once a female has selected a male, she lays between 4,000-8,000 eggs per kilogram of bodyweight in his nest (i.e. if the female weighs 2 kg, she may lay between 8,000-16,000 eggs). The male then disperses sperm over the eggs. Following fertilization, the male chases away the female and guards the nest for about a week, at which time the eggs hatch. The hatchlings, also known as fry, stay close together in schools for several weeks before growing large enough to disperse. It will take them a further 5 years for them to reach maturity; on average individuals live about 10 years, but can live as long as 25.

Conservation status: The blue catfish is considered Least Concern by the IUCN. Within its native range, populations face minor threats from dams and droughts. Where it has been introduced, the species is considered invasive due to its voracious appetite.

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[fishyfishyfishtimes]

DO YOU HAVE ANY CATFISH FACTS THEY R SO SILLY

But of course! :)

Daily fish fact #421

Catfish (order Siluriformes)!

Catfish are an extremely diverse group of fish, whose sizes can reach from 10 cm to several meters, and whose dietary habits can be anything from herbivore to detrivore to carnivore to omnivore to parasite! Catfish are named after their catlike barbels (though not all catfish have barbels) which they use as sensory organs to feel the bottom of the waters they inhabit. Catfish tend to have chemoreceptors, sensory receptors that sense chemicals, throughout their whole bodies, which allow them to "smell" or "taste" anything around them! Thanks to this and their barbels, their eyes tend to be small as they don't have to rely on sight very much; however, the hearing of catfish is very well developed! They communicate through sound via using their swim bladders and pectoral fins! :)

#in the picture is a blue catfish! #fish #fishfact #fish facts #fishblr #biology #zoology #catfish #walking catfish #glass catfish #ghost catfish #blue catfish #asks #meowmeoemew

[starspice-y]

Fucked up Midwestern Fish

#art #digital art #artwork #digitalart #fish #bluegill #rainbow trout #blue catfish #pink salmon #catfish #salmon #trout #stickers #fish stickers #gore #tw: gore #tw: blood #tw blood #midwest

[slurpslurpmmmoatmilk]

*stares up at you with my big ol' fish eyes*

#fish #catfish #blue catfish #fish oc #fishsona #catfish oc #photopea #low effort #meme #cute #blub blub

[pimosworld]

My name is Priscilla but you can call me P,Pimo,Miss Priss or any variation of your fav nickname for me. My blog is 18+, and I mostly write fluff and smut. I’ve made a lot of friends here and I’m open to write for anyone. This community has helped me heal in ways I can’t describe so I hope you enjoy my writing. 🤍

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I started out writing for Moon knight and that quickly evolved into other characters so I will say that I’m open to write for anyone.

I don’t have a lot of rules but I generally won’t describe my reader to stay inclusive as a poc and this is a safe space for the lgbtqi community so no ignorance will be tolerated.

Im open to requests (angst,fluff,smut…any character) but I work a full time job so please be patient with them as well as my wips.

Triple Frontier

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Moonknight

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#triple frontier #the last of us fanfiction #equalizer 2 #moonknight #blue jones sucker punch #across the spiderverse #frankie 'catfish' morales #santiago garcia x francisco morales #frankie morales x reader x ben miller #the last of us #blue sucker punch #moon knight series #steven grant fem reader #marc spector x fem!reader #jake lockley fanfiction #miguel o’hara x reader #francisco morales x f!reader #will 'ironhead' miller #benny miller x frankie morales #frankie morales x dave york #dave york x f!reader #dave york x ofc #pedro pascal character fanfiction #oscar issac characters #santiago garcia smut #dave york smut #masterlist #moon knight #joel miller x you #joel miller fic

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Catfish Hunter #Reggie Jackson #Blue Moon Odom #Sal Bando #Billy Conigliaro #Gene Tenace #1970s #Oakland A's #Not Las Vegas #baseball

[bluesucanuse]

BLUES: SONGS OF THE DAY

THE ARTIST IS: MIKE HAMMER & THE NAILS

THE SONG IS: "ARRESTED AT THE CATFISH FRY"

#ARRESTED AT THE CATFISH FRY #MIKE HAMMER & THE NAILS #BLUES

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god i love the blue catfish so much. kind of a terrifying superpredator honestly. they like living in muddy water so their eyesight is dogshit, but they've got these huge barbels around their face to feel around, and their whole body is covered in almost two hundred thousand tastebuds to figure out exactly where their prey is, and they've got a special adipose fin to be extra tuned-in to water currents/pressure, and they have super keen senses of hearing at really low AND high frequencies, and they ALSO have a deeply forked tail to decrease drag so they can just cruise around and gulp down literally whatever they want, including other catfish, even in like zero-visibility water where every other animal is basically blind. and they get so fucking stupid huge with this technique that nothing can grab them because they're as big as a person. and if an eagle or something does grab one before it's gotten big enough to be eagle-proof, the catfish has fucking POISON KNIVES on its fins to not only stab things but also envenomate them in the process

you may not like it, but THIS is what peak performance looks like

#i need to draw five hundred million of them #shebbz shoutz #fish #catfish #blue catfish

[strwbrrysugarz]

g1 toragoona + fearbook doodles :p

i love toradeen so bad but toragoona has such a special place in my heart ....

#monster high #monster high g1 #monster high g3 #toralei stripe #lagoona blue #draculaura #toragoona #their ship name is also catfish which is do cute ... #catfish #g1 #g3

[romanarose]

Romana's 1000 follower celebration!!!

Hi guys! I'm so excited to announce I recently hit 1000 followers, esp bc the 500 was just in March!! The 500 followers celebration was canceled due to car problems and school stress but I wanna do one for this bc 1000 is a big number!

I know what you're thinking "You have so many series to write for!"

I know! Let me have this!

Anywayyyyy heres what we're doing!

FMK: Fuck, Marry, Kiss: With @whatthefishh who is doing her 1000 celebration too!!! Send me an ask, I'll message Mona, and I'll reply with both our answers.

Thots: Send me thots on any of our blorbos or shows!

Q's: Send me questions about any of my series, including but not Limited to: Leather and Lace/Take Your Time, Seattle, Sunshine Starlight Sweetheart Brightside, The Wrong Way over at my dark alt account @romana-after-dark, Awakening, ETC

Ships: Send me some facts about yourself and I'll ship you with someone! Since I'm in a litany of fandoms, plz specify Star Wars, Oscar, Pedro, ETC ETC

Drabble request: Pick from either my Emo Lyric Prompt list or this fluff, smut angst prompt list and tell me which blorbo For the sake of simplicity this is who I write for: Moon Boys, Triple frontier boys, Joel and Tommy Miller, Miguel o'hara, Nathan Bateman, Han Solo, Blue Jones, and any of my OC's. If you'd like a request specific to any of my universes like The Wrong Way or Seattle or LaL, just ask! None for any that arent finished but the rest are game! About 500 words give or take

Masterlist here so you can see what's been done

Thank you so much for being with me on this journey! I've been almost a year since my first Moon Knight fic <3

I'll give this some time so requests to come in, and the 4th of July I have all day off so ima hull myself up in bed and w r i t e!

#romana writes #moon knight #marc spector #steven grant #triple frontier #jake lockley #santiago garcia #star wars #nathan bateman #blue jones #miguel ohara #will miller #benny miller #francisco catfish morales #joel miller #tommy miller

[m4g0rtz]

Today's polish is beautiful. 😍 It has a blue jelly base and is absolutely packed with blue flakes and holo microglitter. It took 3 coats to get it opaque but the color and shine and sparkle made it totally worth it. I feel like the holo didn't show up all that well in my video, but I promise in person this one was so glittery in the sun. This is Catfished from Mooncat.

#nail polish 505 #manicure #mooncat #catfished #blue #jelly #flakey #holo #im back!!! #ngl this week has been hellish #i know im having a hard time when i dont have the energy to paint my nails #hopefully im through the worst of it for now #🤞🤞🤞

[aquatark]

Golden Catfish - Cortica River Upstream

Endless Ocean: Blue World, Nintendo Wii

you ever just eat a ring and turn pure gold the next day? yeah me too

#endless ocean #endlessocean #forever blue #endless ocean 2 #endless ocean blue world #forever blue 2 #endlessoceanphotos #nintendo wii #wii #golden catfish #cortica river upstream

[ashercries23]

@killerqueen-ofwillowgreen reading Only The Brave by @solmussa while i’m reading The Catfish & The King by @thebibutterflyao3 is like that Nicholas Galitzine tiktok audio that goes “my life is the crown and yours is politics, and i will not trade one prison for another.” then switches to “im sorry i looked at mrs. riley and lightly grazed her left tit alright?” (respectively). peri is SUFFERING with the angst and im giggling at how silly everyone is.

#all jokes aside both of these fics are absolutely incredible #i literally wouldn’t shut up abt OTB so now peri is reading it and she’s obsessed #obsessed with the catfish and the king #lilys entire character is absolutely amazing and i love her dearly #who allowed harry to be the most adorable child alive im sobbing #go read both of these they’re amazing #god i love fanfiction #side note i cant wait to see bottoms #i need it on prime so bad oml #only the brave #the catfish & the king #marauders #ao3 #jegulus #wolfstar #dorlene #fanfic #rwrb #red white and royal blue #bottoms movie #bestie peri!!! #asher says :)

[rastronomicals]

9:37 AM EST February 20, 2024:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Catfish Blues" From the album BBC Sessions (June 2, 1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

#The Jimi Hendrix Experience #BBC Sessions #Catfish Blues

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Catfish Hunter #Vida Blue #Ken Holtzman #Reggie Jackson #Sal Bando #Blue Moon Odom #Oakland #Athletics #A's #1970s #World Series #baseball