Now that's a meal
December 21, 2007 12:55 PM EST
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Although the Mekong giant catfish may be the largest species of catfish, thousands of other species of catfish exist. According to John Lundberg, researcher with the All Catfish Species Inventory, 2,800 species of catfish have already been described and an additional 1,500 species may yet be discovered. "One out of every four freshwater fish, one out of ten fishes, and one out of twenty vertebrates?is a catfish." Catfish are found on every continent except Antarctica and in fresh, coastal, and marine waters. They are perhaps the most ecologically and economically important group of fish in the world. Return to Q&A with Zeb Hogan >> Make a gift to support conservation >> Get one year of National Geographic magazine! CLICK HERE for your FREE GIFT! >>
?Photograph by Zeb Hogan, National Geographic Conservation Trust, University of California, Davis
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Although the Mekong giant catfish may be the largest species of catfish, thousands of other species of catfish exist. According to John Lundberg, researcher with the All Catfish Species Inventory, 2,800 species of catfish have already been described and an additional 1,500 species may yet be discovered. "One out of every four freshwater fish, one out of ten fishes, and one out of twenty vertebrates?is a catfish." Catfish are found on every continent except Antarctica and in fresh, coastal, and marine waters. They are perhaps the most ecologically and economically important group of fish in the world. Return to Q&A with Zeb Hogan >> Make a gift to support conservation >> Get one year of National Geographic magazine! CLICK HERE for your FREE GIFT! >>
?Photograph by Zeb Hogan, National Geographic Conservation Trust, University of California, Davis
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I love the taste, hate to look at it!
I am behind in comments, but I wanted to let you know I stopped by to view your content and thank you for posting to I was bored :)