User:MiltonT

I don't intend to spend a lot of time on Wikipedia for the time being, but I'll update as I see fit.

{{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF}}

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• ...that Hypancistrus is a genus of catfish with suckermouths, including popular aquarium fish such as the zebra pleco? (2007 Apr 11)
• ...that Sorubim is a genus of catfish with shovel-shaped long noses? (2007 April 11)
• ...that Phreatobius cisternarum, a species of catfish, is one of the few fish species that lives underground? (2007 April 13)
• ...that the lionfish genus Parapterois includes P. heterura, an attractive species uncommon in the aquarium trade, and the poorly known P. macrura? (2007 Apr 14)
• ...that females of the tropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae are able to hold sperm in their ovaries for several months? (2007 April 21)
• ...that the genus Brachyplatystoma includes many large species of Amazonian catfish, including one which may reach about 3 metres (almost 12 feet) in length? (2007 April 21)
• ...that the catfish genus Hemiancistrus currently includes species of two other undescribed genera? (2007 May 10)
• ...that Horabagrus brachysoma, an endangered species of the genus Horabagrus, has been considered a potential flagship species for media attention to provide a focus for wildlife conservation of inland biodiversity? (2007 May 23)
• ...that the catfish genus Steindachneridion was named for its discoverer, the Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner? (2007 May 29)
• ...that all five species of the catfish genus Epactionotus are endemic to limited geographic areas in Brazil and Argentina? (2007 June 07)
• ...that the catfishes of the genus Batasio are found in fast-flowing hillstreams throughout South and mainland Southeast Asia? (2007 June 08)
• ...that Pinirampus pirinampu, a species of migratory catfish, is one of the most important fishery resources in certain reservoirs in its native range? (2007 June 13)
• ...that Bagrichthys macracanthus, the black lancer, is the only species of Bagrichthys, a genus of catfishes, that is traded in the aquarium hobby? (2007 June 14)
• ...that members of the catfish genus Auchenipterichthys are capable of producing sound? (2007 June 15) (not self-nom'd)
• ...that catfish species of the genus Hypophthalmus are unusual among neotropical fishes because they feed on plankton by straining water over a fine sieve created by numerous long, thin gill rakers? (2007 June 29)
• ...that the wimple piranha is a specialized predator whose diet consists primarily of fish scales? (2007 July 13)
• ...that Ossubtus xinguense is an endangered species of fish that has an unusual downturned mouth which gives the appearance of a beak? (2007 July 13)
• ...that catfish of the genus Dekeyseria are able to rapidly change their colouration to fit their mood or their surroundings? (2007 July 22)
• ...that the bagarius, a carnivorous catfish that lives on eating other fish, breeds in rivers prior to the beginning of the annual flood season in southeast Asia? (2007 July 22) (not self-nom'd)
• ...that a catfish of the genus Helogenes is known to jump out of the stream during rotenone fishing by locals, and jump back afterwards? (2007 July 23)
• ...that Pareuchiloglanis catfishes can be distinguished from other members of the Sisoridae family only by their premaxillary tooth bands? (2007 July 27) (not self-nom'd; this fact is untrue)
• ...that catfish of the genus Leporacanthicus are also known as vampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw? (2007 July 28)
• ...that members of the genus Breitensteinia have a longer body than other stream catfishes due to an increase in number of vertebrae? (2007 July 30)
• ...that when severely disturbed, catfish of the genus Acrochordonichthys may release a milky-white mucus-like substance that can kill other fish? (2007 July 30)
• ...that most species of catfishes of the subfamily Sarcoglanidinae are small and transparent? (2007 July 30)
• ...that some catfishes of the subfamily Glanapteryginae live exclusively in sand? (2007 July 31)
• ...that the genus Prietella includes two threatened species of eyeless, unpigmented catfish adapted to living underground? (2007 Aug 2)
• ...that the four catfish species of the genus Pseudolithoxus are only found in the Amazonas and Bolívar states of Venezuela? (2007 Aug 6)
• ...that some species of the catfish genus Cetopsis are only known by a single specimen? (2007 Aug 6)
• ...that South America's eyeless Micromyzon akamai is the smallest species of banjo catfish? (2007 Aug 14)
• ...that Bunocephalus is the most species-rich and widespread genus of the South American banjo catfishes? (2007 Aug 14)
• ...that the genus Entomocorus includes a catfish species that lives only one year? (2008 Jan 19)

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